> On 31 Oct 2022, at 10:37, Mickaël Bucas <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Le dim. 30 oct. 2022 à 16:48, Sam James <[email protected]> a écrit :
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Sam James <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> eclass/flag-o-matic.eclass | 13 +++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
>> +# @FUNCTION: append-time64-flags
>> +# @DESCRIPTION:
>> +# Add flags that enable 64-bit time_t. Implies Large File Support
>> +# (calls append-lfs-flags) automatically.

> Hello Sam
> 

Hi Mickaël,

> As a simple user, can you explain to me or point me to a resource
> about the link between Large File Support and time64 configuration ?
> 

This is a good question -- the answer is two-fold:
1. glibc requires LFS to enable time64
2. Both can involve an ABI break if an off_t or time_t for example
are in an exposed structure, so it's best to do them at the same time.

But I've had second thoughts about this and I want to rethink
if we want to take this approach in the patch I sent.

I think we may want to do a hard-switch for defaults
instead in new profiles. I need to reflect on it a bit more.

Plans and notes are at 
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/time64_migration
if interested!

> Thanks
> Best regards
> 

Best,
sam

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