Gary E. Miller <g...@rellim.com>: > Gentoo 32 bit uses timespec(64). But not all distros do, and POSIX does > not mandate it. POSIX just says time_t is a signed integer.
I'm aware of this.
> FreeBSD 8 defines time_t as int32_t.
>
> QNX 6 also hass 32 bit time_t.
>
> I'm happy to EOL any OS that still uses 32 bit time_t. If we do so we
> just need to be explicit about it. Then we have no remaining 32 bit
> only problems.
I don't think we need to pull that trigger yet. I think there won't
be any problem pulling it within a few yeas of 2038. Everybody else
can see that cliff coming, and nobody wants to ship an OS that goes
pear-shaped on rollover day.
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