[PATCH] Deprecate 32-bit off_t support

[Joseph Myers]

On Mon, 7 Jan 2019, Florian Weimer wrote:

> * Szabolcs Nagy:
> 
> > please do not recommend the use of a non-standard type
> > in place of a standard one (off64_t is not even available
> > with default feature test macros in posix headers).
> 
> What do you propose instead?  Mention int64_t and uint64_t only?

Programs and libraries should use types such as off_t, and arrange to be 
built with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64, which would make them unaffected by a 
future change to the default.

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Joseph S. Myers
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