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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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