[Msys2-users] Where has the time gone?

[Greg J. <gv...@gm...>]

I notice in  gcc version 4.9.2 (Rev2, Built by MSYS2 project), that I
am missing the declarations found in time.h
functions (strftime, gmtime, time()) where previously, gcc version
4.8.2 (i686-win32-sjlj, Built by MinGW-W64 project)
with the aggregate of .h, .hpp etc. inclusions, there was no such
requirement.  Since the files are shared
with people who also have no need for time.h, (and usually earlier gcc
versions) I'd like to know, is this a bug or a feature?
 I can't clone the CVS and compile (with msys2) without patching each
of about 8 files to include <time.h>.
Is this the path of the future or an unfortunate mishap.