Re: requiring 64-bit time_t again in coreutils; off_t too?

[Pádraig Brady]

On 10/04/2023 03:32, Paul Eggert wrote:
> For a bit of time Savannah coreutils master was rejecting platforms with
> 32-bit signed time_t, with the idea that we really need to get
> installations to be year 2038 safe. Coreutils used Gnulib's
> AC_SYS_LARGEFILE to do that. However, this proved a bridge too far for
> general use, and Autoconf master now has AC_SYS_YEAR2038_REQUIRED to do
> this sort of thing instead. I've migrated this into Gnulib and have just
> installed the attached patch to bring Savannah coreutils master back to
> the state where 'configure' insists on support for timestamps past 2038.

Just an FYI data point on this.
I see the following adjustment now in termux builds,
i.e. for Android which is a significant platform:

# 
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic/+/master/docs/32-bit-abi.md#is-32_bit-on-lp32-y2038
if [ $TERMUX_ARCH_BITS = 32 ]; then
  TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS+=" ac_year2038_required=no"
fi

cheers,
Pádraig