[patch] compile: rm -rf -> ftw()+rmdir()+unlink() [Re: [patch] compile: Fix MinGW build]

Joel Brobecker brobecker@adacore.com
Sat Dec 20 12:26:00 GMT 2014


> The temporary files being deleted are never larger than 2GB nor their
> size is read.  So I hope nobody is going address these issues (I would
> add 32-bit hosts are not relevant anymore anyway).

Yes, they are still very relevant. A lot of programs do not want
to switch over to 64bit; and I think the x32 ABI might also have
stemmed from that.

-- 
Joel



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