Index: config.h.in
===================================================================
--- config.h.in	(revision 249158)
+++ config.h.in	(working copy)
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@
 #endif
 
 
+/* Number of bits in a file offset, on hosts where this is settable. */
+#undef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+
+/* Define for large files, on AIX-style hosts. */
+#undef _LARGE_FILES
+
 /* Define to 1 if on MINIX. */
 #undef _MINIX
 
Index: configure
===================================================================
--- configure	(revision 249158)
+++ configure	(working copy)
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ with_pic
 enable_fast_install
 with_gnu_ld
 enable_libtool_lock
+enable_largefile
 with_system_libunwind
 enable_host_shared
 '
@@ -1374,6 +1375,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-fast-install[=PKGS]
                           optimize for fast installation [default=yes]
   --disable-libtool-lock  avoid locking (might break parallel builds)
+  --disable-largefile     omit support for large files
   --enable-host-shared    build host code as shared libraries
 
 Optional Packages:
@@ -11134,7 +11136,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 11137 "configure"
+#line 11139 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -11240,7 +11242,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 11243 "configure"
+#line 11245 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -11479,6 +11481,205 @@ CC="$lt_save_CC"
 
 
 
+# Check whether --enable-largefile was given.
+if test "${enable_largefile+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_largefile;
+fi
+
+if test "$enable_largefile" != no; then
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for special C compiler options needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC+set}" = set; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC=no
+     if test "$GCC" != yes; then
+       ac_save_CC=$CC
+       while :; do
+	 # IRIX 6.2 and later do not support large files by default,
+	 # so use the C compiler's -n32 option if that helps.
+	 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+	 if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext
+	 CC="$CC -n32"
+	 if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC=' -n32'; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext
+	 break
+       done
+       CC=$ac_save_CC
+       rm -f conftest.$ac_ext
+    fi
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC" >&6; }
+  if test "$ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC" != no; then
+    CC=$CC$ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC
+  fi
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits+set}" = set; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  while :; do
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=no; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=64; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=unknown
+  break
+done
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits" >&6; }
+case $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits in #(
+  no | unknown) ;;
+  *)
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits
+_ACEOF
+;;
+esac
+rm -rf conftest*
+  if test $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits = unknown; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_sys_large_files+set}" = set; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  while :; do
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_large_files=no; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#define _LARGE_FILES 1
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_large_files=1; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  ac_cv_sys_large_files=unknown
+  break
+done
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sys_large_files" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_large_files" >&6; }
+case $ac_cv_sys_large_files in #(
+  no | unknown) ;;
+  *)
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define _LARGE_FILES $ac_cv_sys_large_files
+_ACEOF
+;;
+esac
+rm -rf conftest*
+  fi
+fi
+
+
 backtrace_supported=yes
 
 if test -n "${with_target_subdir}"; then
Index: configure.ac
===================================================================
--- configure.ac	(revision 249158)
+++ configure.ac	(working copy)
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ esac
 LT_INIT
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+
 backtrace_supported=yes
 
 if test -n "${with_target_subdir}"; then
