Is Y2038-proofing in a glibc roadmap somewhere?
Albert ARIBAUD
albert.aribaud@3adev.fr
Thu Jun 18 14:13:00 GMT 2015
Hi Szabolcs,
Le Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:25:33 +0200, Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@port70.net> a
écrit :
> * Albert ARIBAUD <albert.aribaud@3adev.fr> [2015-06-18 15:08:35 +0200]:
> >
> > I have read https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/HomePage especially
> > sections 5.9.1 (Project TODO) and 5.10 (Project Wishlist by Developer)
> > and found no indication that Y2038-proofing glibc was on any roadmap for
> > glibc. Is it really not, or did I just miss it?
> >
>
> because it is a kernel issue and glibc cannot do much until
> the problematic syscall abis can handle 64bit time_t
>
> for current state of the linux kernel side see
> https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-05/msg00430.html
> http://lwn.net/Articles/643407/
Thanks -- I am already aware of Arnd Bergmann's patch series --
actually, I've discussed with him outside this list.
Of course one cannot make glibc y2038-proof before the kernel is, but I
was not asking if anyone was working on y2038 already, only if anyone
had any plans about working on y2038 in glibc once a suitable kernel
is available. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
So... Does anyone around know of any plans already for making glibc
y2038-proof? :)
Amicalement,
Albert.
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