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Date:      Thu, 6 Dec 2018 07:36:08 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org,  svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r341598 - head/lib/libc/sys
Message-ID:  <20181206072628.M4013@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20181206062019.I3775@besplex.bde.org>
References:  <201812051728.wB5HSes8099327@repo.freebsd.org> <20181206062019.I3775@besplex.bde.org>

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2018, Bruce Evans wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Dec 2018, Alan Somers wrote:
>
>> Log:
>>  stat(2): clarify which syscalls modify file timestamps
>>  ...
>
> These fields shouldn't exist.  They are misimplemented compatibility cruft.
> ...
> which I fixed in FreeBSD-5 using bit-fields.  Now the support for POSIX
> before about 2007 is broken by declaring struct timespec undonditionally
> and using it for st_atim, etc.  API compatibility with old versions of
> FreeBSD is broken by renaming st_atimespec to st_atim, etc.

API compatibility with old versions of FreeBSD is actually preserved using
another macro hack (define st_atimespec as st_atime, etc.).  This uses a
correct visibility ifdef, but the man page says that it uses a different,
incorrect one.  The man page only attempts to document the ifdef tangles
for st_*tim*.

> ...

Bruce



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