Re: On time64 and Large File Support

[Zack Weinberg]

On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, at 4:31 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Because of the concerns raised in this thread it's become clear that 
> what's in Autoconf now is too drastic, and I've proposed (though not yet 
> implemented) a change that will cause AC_SYS_LARGEFILE to continue to 
> not affect time_t unless there's an affirmative request like 
> "./configure --enable-year2038". I am waiting for feedback on that from 
> Zack and others, and am hoping for quick turnaround on this because we 
> do need a new Autoconf release.

I am tinkering with an implementation of this right now; more in a couple hours.

zw