Introduction and 64 bit time_t

[Joel Sherrill]

On 8/9/2017 1:43 PM, Freddie Chopin wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-08-09 at 17:47 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> On Aug  9 15:01, Freddie Chopin wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> If it is of any worth, personally I would prefer an "--enable-
>>> something" configure switch for that, so that it would be easy to
>>> compile newlib with selected configuration without need to modify
>>> any
>>> sources.
>>
>> Enable what exactly?
>>
>> In theory, it's time to move to 64 bit time_t by default, so some
>> --enable-32bit-time_t should be the right thing to do, shouldn't it?
> 
> I don't have any preference here, as long as there exists a configure
> switch to select between 32-bit and 64-bit time_t, whichever will be
> default (;

And a way for targets to set their own default like some of the
other internal settings? (Just a question)
  
> Regards,
> FCh
> 

--joel