[OpenIndiana-discuss] 32-bit support in OpenIndiana Hipster

[Alan Coopersmith]

On 01/22/16 11:32 AM, Bruce Lilly wrote:
> 1. time_t (via illumos; this shouldn't be rocket science -- both NetBSD and
> OpenBSD have
>      64-bit time_t on both 32- and 64-bit systems)

OpenBSD made time_t 64-bit with one simple trick: breaking binary compatibility.
You want to upgrade to a release with 64-bit time_t?  Recompile *everything*.

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade55.html
https://lwn.net/Articles/563285/

	-alan-