From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 09:05:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2C7216A4CE; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:05:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.BAYAREA.NET [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73E9443D3F; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:05:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i2BH5lVo022065; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:05:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@ns1.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i2BH5lKi022064; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:05:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:05:47 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Tillman Hodgson Message-ID: <20040311170547.GA22014@ns1.xcllnt.net> References: <20040311165639.GJ462@seekingfire.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040311165639.GJ462@seekingfire.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: current@freebsd.org cc: sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! MAJOR change to FreeBSD/sparc64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:05:47 -0000 On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 10:56:39AM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 01:00:07PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > > > The long-threatened change for FreeBSD/sparc64 has now been > > committed. This changes time_t to be a 64-bit quantity, the > > same as it is for the AMD64 and IA64 architectures. People > > running FreeBSD/sparc64 *will* have to read the UPDATING.64BTT > > file for instructions on how to safely build and install this > > change. > > For folks that are already using 64bTT, are any special instructions > required to going back to following -current (which now has the change > committed)? No. Just double-check that the local patch to _types.h doesn't create a conflict when you sync your tree. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net