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Date:      Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:39:50 -0600
From:      Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
To:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Gearing up for 64-bit time_t on sparc64
Message-ID:  <20040110213950.GR451@seekingfire.com>
In-Reply-To: <p06020452bc2549a6ba9e@[128.113.24.47]>
References:  <200312212239.38557.craig@xfoil.gank.org> <p0602040fbc0cf0dddf9e@[128.113.24.47]> <p06020426bc1fe1f269d8@[128.113.24.47]> <20040106095942.O66232@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> <20040106182824.GA42422@dragon.nuxi.com> <p0602042abc2138069732@[128.113.24.47]> <20040107174346.GA50142@dragon.nuxi.com> <p06020452bc2549a6ba9e@[128.113.24.47]>

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On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 02:20:57AM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> After reading over what Harti had done, and staring at the
> standard makefiles awhile, I ended up writing one helper-
> script.  With this helper-script, the upgrade to 64-bits
> went fairly smooth.
<snip>
> I hope to do a repeat test of all of this work sometime over
> the weekend.  I also might try to make some more improvements.

Thanks for doing this work and making your notes public. As a sparc64
user (running a public web site and hosting mailing lists) I appreciate
any effort to make the 64-bit time transition smoother, and success
stories with detailed notes definitely help :-)

-T


-- 
Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit.  This is the fine 
point on which all the legal professions of history have based their job 
security.
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