Makecab command has limitation of 2GB package size

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Looking for assistance on makecab command has limitation of 2GB. Any specific reason behind it or how do we manage the cab files more than 2GB.

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/makecab

 

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CAB schema uses signed 32-bit integers to store the file size; the maximum file size that can be stored is therefore 231 - 1 bytes, or 2 GB