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Re: 64-bit time_t transition for 32-bit archs: a proposal



On Wed, 17 May 2023 at 14:10, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
Over on debian-arm@lists, there has been discussion on and off for several
months now about the impending 32-bit timepocalypse.  As many of you are
aware, 32-bit time_t runs out of space in 2038; the exact date is now less
than 15 years away.  It is not too early to start addressing the question of
32-bit architecture compatibility, as there are already reports in the wild
of calendar failures for future events on 32-bit archs.
Hi Steve,
  Have they also considered the same issue with utmp?

https://github.com/thkukuk/utmpx/blob/main/Y2038.md

Some of it is reasonably easy to fix by changing the utmp-related calls with the systemd equivalents, but not all fields are available.

 - Craig


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