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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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Subject: Re: 64 bit times revisited..
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* Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> [011025 19:48] wrote:
> 
> :I vote for option (3), 64-bit time_t for all 64 bit architectures.
> :I would go along with option (4) provided that the change-over came 
> :with FreeBSD 5.0 and it was not MFC'ed back to the 4.X series.
> :The change from 4.X to 5.0 will have enough other things going on
> :that I do not think that adding the time_t change would cause a
> :lot more pain provided that old dump tapes and log files could
> :be read.
> :
> :	Kirk McKusick
> 
>     I agree completely.  64 bit time_t for all 64 bit archs, and
>     frankly I would also like to see a 64 bit time_t for 5.x on 32
>     bit archs...  lets get the pain over and done with now rather then
>     later.

*nod*  onward upward!

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-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
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 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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