Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] profiles/default/linux: set gl_cv_type_time_t_bits_macro=no

[James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org>]

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On Fri, 2021-12-17 at 09:41 -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> This is intended to prevent packages from automatically switching to
> 64-bit time_t on 32-bit ABIs. Making this switch in an uncontrolled
> manner will lead to inconsistent library ABIs that fail at runtime.
> 
> At a later time, we will introduce new profiles to enable 64-bit time_t
> distro-wide.
> 
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/time64_migration
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/828001
> Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
> ---
>  profiles/default/linux/make.defaults | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/make.defaults b/profiles/default/linux/make.defaults
> index 6ae7cf297cf..53ace7e229c 100644
> --- a/profiles/default/linux/make.defaults
> +++ b/profiles/default/linux/make.defaults
> @@ -53,3 +53,7 @@ VIDEO_CARDS="dummy fbdev v4l"
>  # Note that adding LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 ${LDFLAGS}" breaks dev-util/boost-build
>  # because of whitespace.
>  LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
> +
> +# Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> (2021-12-17)
> +# Prevent automagic use of 64-bit time_t.
> +gl_cv_type_time_t_bits_macro="no"

What will we do about other build systems? I worry they won't have a
consistent approach for all projects.

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