From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 10:00:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9269D16A4CF; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:00:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp3.server.rpi.edu (smtp3.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1856143D3F; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:00:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp3.server.rpi.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i2AI08qG009439; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:00:08 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: drosih@mail.rpi.edu Message-Id: Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:00:07 -0500 To: sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) Subject: HEADS UP! MAJOR change to FreeBSD/sparc64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:00:12 -0000 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. This only effects freebsd-current, of course. Later we'll have to decide the best upgrade method for people who make the jump from RELENG_5_2 to the upcoming RELENG_5_3. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu