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Re: 64-bit time_t transition: cargo needs manual intervention



On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 12:34:55PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Simon McVittie, le mer. 13 mars 2024 10:52:35 +0000, a ecrit:
> > 2. i386 is 32-bit but has been excluded from the 64-bit time_t transition
> >    because its major purpose this decade is running legacy 32-bit binaries,
> >    a purpose that would no longer be possible if it broke ABI
> >    - non-release architectures in the same category: hurd-i386 (I think)
> 
> We asked hurd-i386 to be there indeed, because we plan to have
> hurd-amd64 replace hurd-i386 way before 2038 :)

Wouldn't it make sense to migrate hurd-i386 to 64-bit time_t
regardless of the plans for hurd-amd64? Contrary to linux-i386, it's
not like there is a wealth of (possibly proprietary/binary-only)
hurd-i386 software out there that we would benefit from remaining
compatible with.

-- 
Andrea Bolognani <eof@kiyuko.org>
Resistance is futile, you will be garbage collected.

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