open_issues/dev_zero_size.mdwn


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IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-18:

    <pinotree> i guess it is not normal for /dev/zero have a size of
      (size_t)-1, no?
    <pinotree> (it isn't (size_t)-1, but (long long)-1)

2011-10-19:

    <pinotree> see the size you get with `stat /dev/zero`