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Re: flag day for 64-bit?
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Thomas Bushnell, BSG |
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Re: flag day for 64-bit? |
Date: |
07 Jun 2002 16:25:01 -0700 |
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Roland McGrath <address@hidden> writes:
> > This doesn't actually break source compatibility, but it does break
> > binary compatibility, AFAICT.
>
> You are either naive or have vast trust in the cleanliness of all user code.
You mean there is user code out there that stores file offsets in
ints? :)
> Well, there's little flags and there's big flags. The plan I described
> would have the (small) set of consequences I described. Your plan would
> require recompiling everything everywhere yet again. Jeff might kill you.
Hrm, that might be the best option over all...
What's "LFS"?
Re: flag day for 64-bit?, Marcus Brinkmann, 2002/06/07