Roland Mainz wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
>
>> John Plocher <John.Plocher at sun.com> wrote:
>>
>>> [Roland and I are bouncing a proposal back and forth...]
>>>
> [snip]
>
>> We still miss touch(1) in the list of 64 bit binaries
>> in order to be able to correct the time stamps for problematic files.
>>
>
> Well, I can fix that assuming we declare that a "bug fix", including the
> use of isaexec (the first person who says we need an ARC case will a)
> volunteer to fix the bug himself and will then b) be thrown in a pit
> with komodo dragons (and I'll make sure they're small so they need
> _days_ to finish the victim off)).
>
This is not architectural, but is the only way to fix this to use a
64-bit binary? Can't we fix it using uint64_t or somesuch in a 32-bit
program? (I'm talking about the specific deficiency for
/usr/bin/touch.) I'd like the fix to be available from a 32-bit
environment as well as a 64-bit one, otherwise the "fix" is incomplete.
-- Garrett
PS: Roland, please take my advice and take the time to do things "the
right way", which includes a complete ARC review of the 64-bit problems
you're trying to solve. Attempting to do an end-run around ARC with a
bunch of little cases to avoid providing the full picture is unlikely to
be well received.
> ----
>
> Bye,
> Roland
>
>
