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		throwaway2048 on May 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenBSD 5.5 Released not on 32 bit systems, which is what that part of the release announcement is about. All unix 64bit systems have a 64bit time_t, only OpenBSD and NetBSD at this point have 64bit time_t on 32 bit systems. This cannot be changed on Linux without breaking userland ABI/API compatibility, something which the maintainers refuse to do.

legulere on May 1, 2014 | [–]

Except x32 systems, as that issue had to be tackled before integration into the linux kernel.

zokier on May 1, 2014 | | [–]

But x32 doesn't work on 32-bit systems

zokier on May 1, 2014 | [–]

oh, 32 bit systems, I do remember those good old beige boxes :)

yeah, I know, those silly ARM chips have been bit on the slow side getting on the 64bit train.

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