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What is the difference between _LARGEFILE_SOURCE and _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64?

I understand that -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 causes off_t to be 64bits. So what does -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE do that isn't already done by -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64? What do these definitions do exactly?
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C compiler cannot create executables when trying to build Binutils

I am trying to build Linux From Scratch, and now I am at chapter 5.4, which tells me how to build Binutils. I have binutils 2.20's source code, but when I try to build it: time { ./binutils-2.20/...
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uint64_t or int64_t not found error when compiling gcc-7.3.0

I am building my own linux system from scratch. As I am a beginner I don't know much about the error, and I've tried some ways, but still I am unable to solve this. I came across a step to compile ...
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Failed sanity check at LFS 5.7.Glibc-2.29

I want to cross-compile LFS on CentOS v. 7.6.1810 with no sudo rights (I want to customize my environment on server). One problem is that globally a lot of packages are outdated (for instance, python ...
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gcc compiles ELF file with wrong search list

After compiling gcc and using it to compile a simple c program: echo 'int main(){}' > dummy.c cc dummy.c -v -Wl,--verbose &> dummy.log grep -B4 '^ /usr/include' dummy.log the result is: ...
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Cross Compiling GLIBC fro x86_64 from aarch64 Missing asm/prctl.h

I'm Attempting to do Linux From Scratch on aarch64 compiling for amd64, Everything is going smooth until I got this error running make -j1 for GLIBC Chapter 5.5 I've tried everything and I couldn't ...
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error: invalid initializer va_list ap2 = va_arg(ap, va_list);

I'm currently in chroot building LFS. I was trying to compile a legacy project called install-log but I get this error: (lfs chroot) root:/src/install-log# make install cc -MMD -c -o list.o list.c In ...
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Error concerning an " undefined reference to `__dso_handle' " when complinging Glibc

I am working on a Linux from Scratch system for the first time. Background Info: Book version - 10.1 Host distrobution - EndeavorOS Problem occurs in step 5.5.1 https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/...
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Issue while compiling gcc-5.2.0

I am trying to build my own lfs system for Raspberry PI 2. As a part of it I am trying to compile gcc on Raspberry PI 2, with raspbian as a base operating system. I could build the binutils using ...
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