This RFC raises the question whether ISO_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT in default.conf can be safely set to 0 (no limit) in ReaR 3.0 after removing ebiso support, or whether a conservative default limit is still required. Since ISO 9660 still documents a 4 GiB single‑extent file size limit, the concern is whether ReaR should keep a non‑zero default such as ISO_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=4294967296 to avoid creating oversized embedded backup files in the ISO that might be unreadable in practice, especially as there is little real‑world feedback about very large files in ISOs.
See
#3588
starting at
#3588 (comment)
The Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660
still metiones a limit of 4 GiB, see
#2525 (comment)
So perhaps after ebiso support is removed
ISO_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=4294967296
in default.conf is still needed to be by default on the safe side?
This RFC raises the question whether ISO_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT in default.conf can be safely set to 0 (no limit) in ReaR 3.0 after removing ebiso support, or whether a conservative default limit is still required. Since ISO 9660 still documents a 4 GiB single‑extent file size limit, the concern is whether ReaR should keep a non‑zero default such as
ISO_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=4294967296to avoid creating oversized embedded backup files in the ISO that might be unreadable in practice, especially as there is little real‑world feedback about very large files in ISOs.See
#3588
starting at
#3588 (comment)
The Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660
still metiones a limit of 4 GiB, see
#2525 (comment)
So perhaps after ebiso support is removed
in default.conf is still needed to be by default on the safe side?