LXer: The perils of transition to 64-bit time_t
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6R3C1)
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In the Overview of cross-architecture portability problems, I have dedicated a section to the problems resulting from use of 32-bit time_t type. This design decision, still affecting Gentoo systems using glibc, means that 32-bit applications will suddenly start failing in horrible ways in 2038: they will be getting -1 error instead of the current time, they wonit be able to stat() files. In one word: complete mayhem will emerge.
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In the Overview of cross-architecture portability problems, I have dedicated a section to the problems resulting from use of 32-bit time_t type. This design decision, still affecting Gentoo systems using glibc, means that 32-bit applications will suddenly start failing in horrible ways in 2038: they will be getting -1 error instead of the current time, they wonit be able to stat() files. In one word: complete mayhem will emerge.
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