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DateWed, 3 Oct 2001 08:24:15 -0700 (PDT)
FromGerhard Mack <>
SubjectRe: Finegrained a/c/mtime was Re: Directory notification problem
On 3 Oct 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

> Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> writes:
> > 
> > > For stat is also requires a changed glibc ABI -- the glibc/2.4 stat64
> > 
> > Not only stat64, also plain stat.
> > 
> > > structure reserved an additional 4 bytes for every timestamp, but these
> > > either need to be used to give more seconds for the year 2038 problem
> > > or be used for the ms fractions. y2038 is somewhat important too.
> > 
> > The fields are meant for nanoseconds.  The y2038 will definitely be
> > solved by time-shifting or making time_t unsigned.  In any way nothing
> > of importance here and now.  Especially since there won't be many
> > systems which are running today and which have a 32-bit time_t be used
> > then.  For the rest I'm sure that in 37 years there will be the one or
> > the other ABI change.
> 
> Right.  Given current uptimes and being optimistic the fix for y2038 
> is probably needed by 2030 or just a little later.  But in any case
> 64 bit systems should be maxing out by then, and the conversion to 128
> bit systems should have already happened on the server side.  32 bit
> systems will likely be limited to embedded and legacy systems by then.
> 
> Eric

Why do I get the feeling no one has learned from the problems the computer
industry had with 2 digit date fields?

Odds are legacy systems will be running something people for whatever
reason couldn't replace.


	Gerhard

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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

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