From: Bernd Ahlers Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 14:26:14 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] 64-bit fix for date.c. Message-ID: <20090504142614.GE8658@jenna.bytemine.net> In-Reply-To: <20090406190657.GC28120@coredump.intra.peff.net> Jeff King [Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 03:06:58PM -0400] wrote: >On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 07:26:37PM +0200, Bernd Ahlers wrote: > >> @@ -871,13 +871,15 @@ unsigned long approxidate(const char *date) >> struct timeval tv; >> + time_t time_sec; >> [...] >> gettimeofday(&tv, NULL); >> - localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm); >> + time_sec = tv.tv_sec; >> + localtime_r(&time_sec, &tm); > >Hmph. According to POSIX, tv_sec _is_ a time_t. But I see on FreeBSD, >also, it is actually a "long". So I think this fix makes sense. > Okay. So what's the next step to get this committed? :) Bernd