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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2023-05-08 12:57:56 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2023-05-08 12:57:56 +0100
commitba128e628cfa0dd111cf235d965200d1cdf77f52 (patch)
tree503807e64027dcec31656485134fcc5050643e22
parent3f942cd03fce1a6cda87018306b50f803f08f350 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-ba128e628cfa0dd111cf235d965200d1cdf77f52.tar.gz
doc: adjust build instructions for disabling year 2038 support
* README-install: Adjust the instructions as per recent gnulib updates.
-rw-r--r--README-install2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README-install b/README-install
index 6ab5b4f8c..bbc034951 100644
--- a/README-install
+++ b/README-install
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Although 32-bit builds fail if that forces time_t to be 32 bits, this
can be fixed by using 64-bit builds. For example, on AIX where GCC
defaults to 32 bits, one can use "./configure CC='gcc -maix64' AR='ar
-X64'"; similarly, on Solaris one can configure with CC='gcc -m64'.
-If all else fails one can configure with ac_year2038_required=no;
+If all else fails one can configure with --disable-year2038;
however, this will mishandle timestamps after 2038, and please file
bug reports for any such situations.