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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 00:27:23 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 00:56 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:

> In article <vdfdcj$2dsh2$7@dont-email.me>, ldo@nz.invalid (Lawrence
> D'Oliveiro) wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 00:25 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:
>>>
>>> In article <vdf71h$2cn51$17@dont-email.me>, ldo@nz.invalid (Lawrence
>>> D'Oliveiro) wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's not being ignored. The Linux kernel added the option to build a
>>>> 32-bit kernel with time_t having 64 bits
>>> 
>>> The same has happened for Windows and Apple's operating systems.
>>> A lot of the work for 2038 is already done.
>> 
>> They're not supporting 32-bit code any more. Linux is.
> 
> Apple only run 64-bit code on recent OSes, yes, but Windows 11 still
> runs 32-bit applications, even though the OS is only available in 64-bit
> form.

But those 32-bit Windows apps are not being rebuilt for 64-bit time_t. The 
option isn’t there.