Re: [PATCH] Port to 32-bit long + 64-bit time_t

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:58:20 -0700
> Cc: bug-make@gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> 
> On 9/20/22 18:48, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:
> > I am sorry to say that the %j prefix is not safe or portable. There are
> > major production platforms where this is not supported. I work on one of
> > them.
> 
> Which platform and version? I'd like to document this in Gnulib. Some 
> other GNU programs are using %j now so it might make sense for you to 
> file an enhancement request at some point, assuming %j is not supported 
> even in the latest version of the platform.
> 
> Anyway, thanks, revised GNU Make patch attached; it does not assume %j.

The log message still says it does:

> Don't assume that time_t fits in long, as some hosts (e.g.,
> glibc x86 -D_TIME_BITS=64) have 32-bit long and 64-bit time_t.
> This fix uses C99 sprintf/scanf %jd and %ju, which is
> safe to assume nowadays.
> --- a/src/makeint.h
> +++ b/src/makeint.h
> @@ -294,6 +294,12 @@ char *strerror (int errnum);
>  #if HAVE_STDINT_H
>  # include <stdint.h>
>  #endif
> +#ifndef PRIdMAX
> +# define PRIdMAX "lld"
> +#endif
> +#ifndef PRIuMAX
> +# define PRIuMAX "llu"
> +#endif

This will cause problems in the native MS-Windows builds, where printf
in the system C runtime doesn't support %lld and %llu.  (Unless I'm
missing something: I didn't try to build Make with this patch.
Apologies if this is taken care of somewhere and I didn't see it.)

Thanks.