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See Postfix run on ZFS

postfix compiles on OpenSolaris
postfix runs
postfix tries to accept email
postfix uses statvfs to enquire free space on /var/spool
/var/spool is on ZFS with > 2TB free space
statvfs dies (EOVERFLOW)
postfix dies
poor email

UPDATE: small patch fixes this, assuming that an FS with more than ULONG_MAX/2 free blocks has — for all purposes of postfix — exactly ULONG_MAX/2 free blocks.

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	About The Shoestring Foundation Weblog, Miscellaneous Byproducts Matthias Bauer `bauerm (at) shoestringfoundation · org` Subscribe Subscribe to a syndicated feed of my weblog, brought to you by the wonders of RSS.	Fri, 06 Aug 2010 See Postfix run on ZFS postfix compiles on OpenSolaris postfix runs postfix tries to accept email postfix uses `statvfs` to enquire free space on `/var/spool` `/var/spool` is on ZFS with > 2TB free space `statvfs` dies (EOVERFLOW) postfix dies poor email UPDATE: small patch fixes this, assuming that an FS with more than `ULONG_MAX/2` free blocks has — for all purposes of postfix — exactly `ULONG_MAX/2` free blocks. [/projects] permanent link