Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 02:55:03 +0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: struct timeval tv_sec type mismatch ? Message-ID: <a78074950511121055s3e09914dh3f82661489182834@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051112102343.A4222@xorpc.icir.org> References: <20051112102343.A4222@xorpc.icir.org>
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On 11/13/05, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> wrote: > on freebsd 5.x and above, the tv_sec field of struct timeval > has type 'long' (defined here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/sys/_timeval.h > > whereas apparently most platform have it as time_t, and i believe > there are standards that require that: > > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/sys/time.h.html > > Any reason to keep it as a 'long' ? A quick google search indicates that the only reason is to be compatible with Tru64 on Alpha.[1] [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2005-October/013956.html Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net
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