Re: 64 bit time_t changes

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20080328004650.GE22378%netbsd.org@localhost>,
David Holland  <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:25:22AM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > As part of pkgsrc, a binary. Like we did for the a.out libc.12. Building
> > it will not be supported anymore, since both the headers and the code will
> > be gone.
>
>I don't see why we couldn't keep it somewhere (e.g. on a branch, or in
>othersrc) along with a snapshot of the kernel headers it needs, and
>thus still be able to build it. It wouldn't be that hard to set up, it
>wouldn't require much attention, and it would be useful to have if a
>security problem came along. Particularly if a security problem came
>along while there were still supported releases using libc.so.12.

Yes, we should do that.

christos