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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes. ** New features -*** New macro AC_SYS_YEAR2038. +*** New macros AC_SYS_YEAR2038 and AC_SYS_YEAR2038_RECOMMENDED. This causes 'configure' to widen time_t if possible on systems where time_t by default cannot represent file and other timestamps after January 2038. Widening is possible only on 32-bit GNU/Linux x86 and @@ -67,18 +67,14 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes. This is similar to longstanding consistency requirements with --enable-largefile and --disable-largefile. + AC_SYS_YEAR2038_RECOMMENDED acts like AC_SYS_YEAR2038 except that + 'configure' fails if the target lacks support for post-2038 + timestamps and --disable-year2038 is not given. + *** AC_SYS_LARGEFILE now optionally arranges to widen time_t. It now acts like AC_SYS_YEAR2038, except 'configure' defaults to - --disable-year2038 unless AC_SYS_YEAR2038 is also present. - As with AC_SYS_YEAR2038, application and library builders should - configure consistently. - -*** New macros AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_REQUIRED and AC_SYS_YEAR2038_REQUIRED. - These act like AC_SYS_LARGEFILE and AC_SYS_YEAR2038 respectively, - except that 'configure' fails if the target lacks support - for large files and for post-2038 timestamps, respectively. - As with AC_SYS_YEAR2038, application and library builders should - configure consistently. + --disable-year2038 unless either AC_SYS_YEAR2038 or + AC_SYS_YEAR2038_RECOMMENDED is also present. *** AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS now enables C23 Annex F extensions by defining __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_EXT__. |