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Re: utmp 64 bit time_t support


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: utmp 64 bit time_t support
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2023 11:22:44 -0700
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On 2023-08-04 00:28, Andreas Schwab wrote:
It could just re-interpret the timestamp field as an unsigned number.

Thanks for suggesting that. Although it a hack, it's likely better than the hack that was already in Gnulib, so I installed the attached patch into Gnulib. We can use this as an idea for fixing glibc bug 30701.

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