13 Feb
2009
13 Feb
'09
10:11 p.m.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:08:12 -0600 Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> wrote:
Once upon a time, Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net> said:
FreeBSD used a 64-bit time_t for the AMD64 port pretty much right away. On the flip side, it used a 32-bit time_t for the Alpha port. I guess someone predicted "it wouldn't be a problem."
Tru64 on Alpha uses a 32 bit time_t (they have their own time64_t and time64() call), so I expect *BSD and Linux on Alpha stayed with 32 bit time_t for compatibility (Linux at least could run many Tru64 binaries).
NetBSD has just converted its -current branch to 64-bit time_t; I'm pretty sure that that includes the Alpha port. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb