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From: waltdnes@××××××××.org
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: migration from uclibc to uclibc-ng
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:07:43
Message-Id: 20160717000730.GA15920@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC: migration from uclibc to uclibc-ng by "Anthony G. Basile"
1 On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 01:02:42PM -0400, Anthony G. Basile wrote
2
3 > I welcome comment on any of the above.
4
5 I don't know if this is on topic. Is it possible to backport 64-bit
6 date/time to uclibc-ng in 32-bit mode? 32-bit date runs between late
7 1901 and early 2038. 2038 is not that far away. E.g. in a 32-bit VM...
8
9 [g32gst1][waltdnes][~] date --date='@-2147483649'
10 date: invalid date '@-2147483649'
11 [g32gst1][waltdnes][~] date --date='@-2147483648'
12 Fri Dec 13 15:45:52 EST 1901
13 [g32gst1][waltdnes][~] date --date='@2147483647'
14 Mon Jan 18 22:14:07 EST 2038
15 [g32gst1][waltdnes][~] date --date='@2147483648'
16 date: invalid date '@2147483648'
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18 64-bit date covers beyond the heat death of the universe each way...
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20 [i3][waltdnes][~] date --date='@-2147483649'
21 Fri Dec 13 15:45:51 EST 1901
22 [i3][waltdnes][~] date --date='@-2147483648'
23 Fri Dec 13 15:45:52 EST 1901
24 [i3][waltdnes][~] date --date='@2147483647'
25 Mon Jan 18 22:14:07 EST 2038
26 [i3][waltdnes][~] date --date='@2147483648'
27 Mon Jan 18 22:14:08 EST 2038
28
29 --
30 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
31 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: migration from uclibc to uclibc-ng Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>