[PATCH 2/2] Y2038: make __tz_convert compatible with 64-bit-time

Albert ARIBAUD albert.aribaud@3adev.fr
Wed Jun 13 09:30:00 GMT 2018


Hi Florian,

On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:14:22 +0200, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
wrote :

> On 06/13/2018 11:11 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > Albert ARIBAUD (3ADEV) wrote:
> >   
> >> -extern void __tz_compute (time_t timer, struct tm *tm, int 
> >> use_localtime)
> >> +extern void __tz_compute (internal_time_t timer, struct tm *tm, int 
> >> use_localtime)  
> > 
> > Why have two types "internal_time_t" and "__time64_t" that are always 
> > the same? Wouldn't it be simpler to get rid of "internal_time_t" and use 
> > "__time64_t" uniformly? If we do need two types, the need should be 
> > documented clearly.  
> 
> Yes, we can get rid of internal_time_t if we have __time64_t.

Fine for me.

> Thanks,
> Florian

Cordialement,
Albert ARIBAUD
3ADEV



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