From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFFCF3858401 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:41:16 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org DFFCF3858401 Received: from mail-wm1-f72.google.com (mail-wm1-f72.google.com [209.85.128.72]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-640-RBQN6YRkP0mMCaOIOpXzrQ-1; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:41:15 -0400 X-MC-Unique: RBQN6YRkP0mMCaOIOpXzrQ-1 Received: by mail-wm1-f72.google.com with SMTP id r5-20020a1c4405000000b003a534ec2570so834179wma.7 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:41:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:subject:from:references:cc:to :content-language:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc; bh=qHEY7lwuS/TqVZwnJl5n1AO9Q3CFGqoEOjGguoJS/Cs=; b=iwFQamnsvcA3VD74o6Mb7dE3H58vP8kTQM6XV4y7e7sajevjfzPjP/iEzKySSatKNj zVMlw2nASYedNVAAxw5AB+bExb9yGAimfoc4E3yKsmjEvn7+0cFgb4ypKIpUzYSUM3Mf MMglL5Ksz0FE+GUfxFRoaejtmktSnOLuXVfxsUwkIP8VDtop8sB4HwuoqtQrpHw8+m2V 8Mh73qb76fxDa5uzwh+DXuU6cw2oRtgfQUpMX9aspq7DiL1s8ncXKxvGjVL24P6LPwiX qK3+LbG6Dys8l0Rj701oHGgfozog2n8IKATMutVhR+j5/fnPOVS+ojvenYEnwLI5L6Ye 5VXQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo1Z/KTxSYgkKrnjJiNTc9yx9/FsHcAMIElDzOoLF5eTfUUUYoDK w9cwaLRxEhB7crpo9VdZKhCr2IwRcidvygw7M5uoh2iqsQ2lG3lERRx+jVVIkXHt2Mvy3hqdkx+ Lj0KNSAV81b8wh93hQ8UWKg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:de0f:0:b0:21e:ead4:23f5 with SMTP id b15-20020adfde0f000000b0021eead423f5mr16384993wrm.641.1660124474623; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:41:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR7ArPzxD/r128IIu1OvMqDQ8GsGnlEv7OidwoMy5NDtmvwlFNDcN8uYec5NlxiQwQky+IOpwg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:de0f:0:b0:21e:ead4:23f5 with SMTP id b15-20020adfde0f000000b0021eead423f5mr16384975wrm.641.1660124474365; Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:41:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (adsl-2-solo-236-177.claranet.co.uk. [80.168.236.177]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o36-20020a05600c512400b003a5317f07b4sm1812491wms.37.2022.08.10.02.41.13 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:41:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:41:13 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.12.0 To: Luis Machado , Paul Eggert Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, binutils@sourceware.org, Eli Zaretskii , Simon Marchi References: <20220801075149.1152064-1-luis.machado@arm.com> <959a19b9-b2c3-6638-e0b9-b66ca8328574@simark.ca> <4224183e-e2c1-9a98-7e41-61a58e49aa29@arm.com> <14374ca2-3979-f2d2-2296-a36ba9c615d2@simark.ca> <834jyw2bwd.fsf@gnu.org> <83e592ff-fa28-ddfb-a46d-79db726d2b5e@arm.com> <2958d426-aece-4597-1a6d-ec0981ebb1a6@cs.ucla.edu> <26aee793-5d5a-62c7-38ee-e133db897984@arm.com> <126b860d-0c2c-9fab-a87b-7b97df5ee034@cs.ucla.edu> <84fbb332-c6ea-b808-434f-1db99b737df9@arm.com> From: Nick Clifton Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable year 2038 support on 32-bit hosts by default In-Reply-To: <84fbb332-c6ea-b808-434f-1db99b737df9@arm.com> X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:41:17 -0000 Hi Luis, > Nick, would you know the reason behind binutils not using gnulib? Originally it was historical - the binutils project was started a long time before the gnulib project. These days it is an effort issue - as in it will take a lot of effort to switch over to using gnulib, and I just do not have the time. But if someone else is interested in doing the work then I am not against it. There may be some technical issue - I seem to remember seeing some posts in the past about problems with gnulib - but these can probably be resolved. Also I am not sure about the state of the documentation for gnulib. If it is minimal, as the gnulib project's web page suggests, then this is going to hinder adoption into the binutils. Cheers Nick