Re: AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_REQUIRED vs. AC_SYS_YEAR2038_REQUIRED on MSVC

[Paul Eggert]

On 4/14/23 09:02, Bruno Haible wrote:
> On the other hand, when I create a gnulib testdir with an
> AC_SYS_YEAR2038_REQUIRED invocation:
>    ./gnulib-tool --create-testdir --dir=... --single-configure 
> year2038-required stat
> it fails during the configure stage on MSVC (both 64-bit and 32-bit):

It sounds like we need a gl_YEAR2038 to go along with the existing 
gl_LARGEFILE. However, I don't know what should be in gl_YEAR2038 as I 
don't use MSVC.


> Also, maybe it is necessary to distinguish the use of these two Autoconf
> macros without and with Gnulib?
>    - Without Gnulib, they could both fail on MSVC.
>    - But with Gnulib, they should both succeed on MSVC.

That is what would happen if we could write a gl_YEAR2038, I assume.