* NAR archives: handle files larger than 2^32 bytes. Previously it

  would just silently store only (fileSize % 2^32) bytes.
* Use posix_fallocate if available when unpacking archives.
* Provide a better error message when trying to unpack something that
  isn't a NAR archive.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.hh b/src/libutil/archive.hh
index 06f09cd1ec45..fff62031397c 100644
--- a/src/libutil/archive.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.hh
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct ParseSink
     
     virtual void createRegularFile(const Path & path) { };
     virtual void isExecutable() { };
+    virtual void preallocateContents(unsigned long long size) { };
     virtual void receiveContents(unsigned char * data, unsigned int len) { };
 
     virtual void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target) { };