[PATCH] Always define __USE_TIME_BITS64

Andreas K. Huettel dilfridge@gentoo.org
Wed Jan 17 21:04:26 GMT 2024


Am Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2024, 12:47:41 CET schrieb Adhemerval Zanella:
> It was raised on libc-help [1] that some Linux kernel interfaces expect
> the libc to define __USE_TIME_BITS64 to indicate the time_t size for the
> kABI.  Different than defined by the initial y2038 design document [2],
> the __USE_TIME_BITS64 is only defined for ABIs that support more than
> time_t size (by defining the _TIME_BITS for each module).

Since this (at the moment) only really affects rv32, can we postpone it
after the release (and possibly backport later)?

Cheers -a

PS. This might actually explain my ongoing rv32 mystery problems...

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Andreas K. Hüttel
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