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So the fix is to list all libraries in popular distros that break with time_t being 64 bits, file issues for all of them, and track progress somehow. Messing wi

So the fix is to list all libraries in popular distros that break with time_t being 64 bits, file issues for all of them, and track progress somehow. Messing with the defaults is only useful if the ensuing breakage is promptly fixed.

mlyle 5y ago
> So the fix is to list all libraries in popular distros that break with time_t being 64 bits All libraries in popular distros build on x86-64, which in turn means they use a 64 bit time_t there. It's time for 32 bit architectures to join 64 bit architectures in having a 64 bit time_t. Anything that ships today in distributions will ship in embedded systems for 5+ years. And then a lot of those embedded systems (too many) will last a long time. 2026 is getting pretty uncomfortably close to 2038.