Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 11:44:56 -0500 From: Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@mindspring.com> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gearing up for 64-bit time_t on sparc64 Message-ID: <40096688.7040304@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <p06020462bc280acc00da@[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]> <20040111093043.GA11120@dragon.nuxi.com> <p06020462bc280acc00da@[128.113.24.47]>
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Any idea on when we might make the jump to 64 bit time_t? We probably want to do it soon, and give ourselves a few months before the release. That way, there will be plenty of time to fix any troubles with ports. a HEADS UP on freebsd-current might be a good idea soon. Richard Coleman richardcoleman@mindspring.com Garance A Drosihn wrote: > Well, that took longer than I expected. I had typo-ed 'make' > at one point, and didn't notice for awhile... > > http://people.freebsd.org/~gad/time-64/installworld_nk > > Is the magic script. Probably a little more elaborate than it > needs to be, but I had plenty of extra time while waiting for > 'make buildworld' to finish... This is the version I just > used for a successful upgrade, except that I just added the > if-clause to also copy 'xinstall' as the 'install' command. > Given how much 'install' is called during 'installworld', I > wonder why it isn't included in the files that are copied > by the standard 'make installworld' target. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~gad/time-64/UPDATING.64BTT > > This is a possible writeup which could be committed at the > same time as the script. Right now it's partially written > for people willing to help *test* the above change, and > partially written as if the 64-bit change has already been > committed, and this is telling everyone how to update to it. > So, it isn't perfect, but it does contain my complete and > explicit list of steps that I believe people should follow. > > The one thing I haven't tested yet is a rebuild of modula-3 and > cvsup on a 64-bit system, but I have that going right now. >
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