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Re: [PATCH] Bad timestamps on MinGW32


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Bad timestamps on MinGW32
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 08:10:53 +0200

> From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 16:22:51 -0400
> Cc: bug-make@gnu.org
> 
> You might also be interested in __MINGW64__.

That's possible, but AFAIK it is only defined after including some
headers; the compiler itself doesn't define it.  Caveat emptor.

> I don't think it's a good idea to try to use MinGW or compiler
> versions as a proxy for 32- or 64-bit time_t. Things are in flux to
> fix the y2038 problem. The debian-arm and debian-powerpc lists are
> having discussions about it now. You will surely encounter 64-bit
> time_t on 32-bit machines eventually.

32-bit Windows have 64-bit time_t variant, but to use it you need to
redirect some function to non-default variants.  'stat' is on of those
functions.

> A first class configure test that checks for the size of time_t will
> probably be your best choice.

As I explained in my other mail, the issue here is not to know whether
the platform _can_ support 64-bit time data types, the issue is what
is the default, because libraries against Make is linked were most
probably compiled with that default.



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