Re: [PATCH] Deprecate 32-bit off_t support

[Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at gotplt dot org>]

On 04/01/19 6:15 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> On 04/01/19 6:09 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> > index cc20102fda..2f601c6217 100644
> > --- a/NEWS
> > +++ b/NEWS
> > @@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes 
> > affecting compatibility:
> >     as all functions that call vscanf, vfscanf, or vsscanf are 
> > annotated with
> >     __attribute__ ((format (scanf, ...))).
> > +* A future release of glibc will use a 64-bit off_t type on all
>
> Wouldn't it be clearer to fix the 'future release' to a specific 
> timeline, say, 2.31 (to give a year+ to change offending code) so that 
> this doesn't sound like a vague threat and there's actually a time bound 
> for people to work with?

Oh, and a warning under #if _FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 32 that warns about the 
deprecation?

Siddhesh