Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:28:24 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: harti@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gearing up for 64-bit time_t on sparc64 Message-ID: <20040106182824.GA42422@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040106095942.O66232@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> References: <200312212239.38557.craig@xfoil.gank.org> <p0602040fbc0cf0dddf9e@[128.113.24.47]> <p06020426bc1fe1f269d8@[128.113.24.47]> <20040106095942.O66232@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de>
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:17:21AM +0100, Harti Brandt wrote: > That's just what I did. The real problem is the upgrade procedure and > whether we will force people to recompile everything (and not provide a > compatibility library). I think we can have a 'Flag Day' and not deal with a compat lib. > The only problem with the upgrade procedure I had was with tic, that > for some reason got into an endless loop when running on the wrong kernel. We would need a fool-proof procedure for going from say a 5.0-R install to post 64-bit time_t. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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