Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2023-02-01 Thread Sam James
> On 20 Jan 2023, at 09:56, Paul Eggert wrote: > > On 2022-12-30 14:12, Paul Eggert wrote: >> I'm attaching a proposed patch to Autoconf master documentation in two forms. > Zack, any further thoughts on that Autoconf patch? If not, I'm inclined to > install it as it doesn't change behavior, o

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2023-01-20 Thread Paul Eggert
On 2022-12-30 14:12, Paul Eggert wrote: I'm attaching a proposed patch to Autoconf master documentation in two forms. Zack, any further thoughts on that Autoconf patch? If not, I'm inclined to install it as it doesn't change behavior, only documentation, and Sam wrote that he was happy with the

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-12-30 Thread Sam James
> On 30 Dec 2022, at 22:12, Paul Eggert wrote: > > On 12/28/22 20:02, Zack Weinberg wrote: > >> Please revert that part of your follow-up patch. > OK, I reverted all that patch, except for the further changes you requested, > plus some minor quoting and version-number fixes in comments. > >>

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-12-30 Thread Paul Eggert
On 12/28/22 20:02, Zack Weinberg wrote: Please revert that part of your follow-up patch. OK, I reverted all that patch, except for the further changes you requested, plus some minor quoting and version-number fixes in comments. Is there any chance you could send a wdiff to the list, after re

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-12-28 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Sun, 25 Dec 2022 14:19:11 -0500, Paul Eggert wrote: > I reviewed your patch and had the following thoughts. > > * Gnulib doesn't need AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_REQUIRED or > AC_SYS_YEAR2038_REQUIRED and they're easy for users to do on their own > with a simple AS_IF, so let's omit these variants for now

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-12-25 Thread Paul Eggert
On 11/12/22 21:11, Zack Weinberg wrote: "A couple hours" more like eight, ugh. I know the feeling. I didn't get time free until recently. I reviewed your patch and had the following thoughts. * Gnulib doesn't need AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_REQUIRED or AC_SYS_YEAR2038_REQUIRED and they're easy for use

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-11-15 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Tue, Nov 15, 2022, at 2:02 PM, Nick Bowler wrote: > But neither suggestion makes any difference. Timestamps seem OK; it > appears that make is deciding to aclocal.m4 (and then configure) because > of prerequisites that do not exist outright: > > % make -d > [...] >Considering target

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-11-15 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2022-11-15, Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2022, at 12:49 PM, Nick Bowler wrote: >> On 2022-11-13, Zack Weinberg wrote: >>> I have not pushed this, and have only tested it lightly on a current >>> Linux. >>> It needs testing on weird old systems, particularly old AIX, HP-UX, >>> MinGW.

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-11-15 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Tue, Nov 15, 2022, at 12:49 PM, Nick Bowler wrote: > On 2022-11-13, Zack Weinberg wrote: >> I have not pushed this, and have only tested it lightly on a current Linux. >> It needs testing on weird old systems, particularly old AIX, HP-UX, MinGW. > > I'd be happy to give it a go on my weird old

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-11-15 Thread Nick Bowler
[dropping non-autoconf lists from Cc] On 2022-11-13, Zack Weinberg wrote: > I have not pushed this, and have only tested it lightly on a current Linux. > It needs testing on weird old systems, particularly old AIX, HP-UX, MinGW. I'd be happy to give it a go on my weird old systems ... > > I don

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-11-15 Thread Sam James
> On 13 Nov 2022, at 05:11, Zack Weinberg wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, at 4:33 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, at 4:31 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: >>> Because of the concerns raised in this thread it's become clear that >>> what's in Autoconf now is too drastic, and I've propos

Re: On time64 and Large File Support

2022-11-12 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, at 4:33 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, at 4:31 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: >> Because of the concerns raised in this thread it's become clear that >> what's in Autoconf now is too drastic, and I've proposed (though not yet >> implemented) a change that will caus