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The perils of transition to 64-bit time_t

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The perils of transition to 64-bit time_t

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Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months ago

In the Overview of cross-architecture portability problems, I have dedicated a section to the problems resulting from use of 32-bit time_t type. This design decision, still affecting Gentoo systems…

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Why would anyone be running a 32bit application in 2038? It is already hard enough now to continue 32bit support.

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