In the Overview of cross-architecture portability problems, I have dedicated a section to the problems resulting from use of 32-bit time_t type. This design decision, still affecting Gentoo systems…
  • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    I might be selfish for saying so, but if anyone set up their mind to run anything on a 32-bit system after 2038, they must care enough to compile themselves, right? Any binaries compiled today will be EOL by then.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I think this is a reasonable assumption, but my experience suggests it will absolutely not be true for a lot of proprietary software.

      That being said, that stuff will only be supported on rhel which will bend over backwards to keep it sort of working somehow.