Re: [TCLCORE] TIP 715 - Supported platforms and build environments for Tcl/Tk 9.1

[Harald O. <har...@el...>]

Am 03.05.2025 um 01:53 schrieb Keith Nash:
> After 2033-01-01, Tcl 9.1 must write a warning to the system log and to
> stderr whenever Tcl starts, and also if commands such as [clock], [file
> mtime] are called with arguments corresponding to negative time_t or
> return a result with this property, in the following circumstances:
> 
> * On a host that has no system calls for 64-bit time (e.g. 32-bit Linux
> kernels earlier than 5.6)
> 
> * On a system on which the length of time_t has been tested and found
> to be 32-bit (N.B. even a libc that is nominally compliant may have
> been built with a compatibility option to use 32-bit time_t).
> 
> * On a system on which a 64-bit time operation has been tested at
> startup and has failed (e.g. creating a file and changing its mtime to
> a date in 2040).

Dear Keith,
thanks for volontaring to maintain, that is highly appreciated.
I have removed the 32 bit time_t requirement to 9.1.
I see also those points to make the code easier and to remove code for 
32 bit and 64 bit. If it is not the moment, that is ok.
I have put your text for a future version of TCL, as 9.1 will probably 
out of maintenance in 2033.

Dear Steve,
thanks for your contribution about tested Linux systems.
Could you correct the list?

Dear Pietro,
can you give me some wordings to describe the "FreeBSD" ? I have never 
heard this system, sorry. Is this the same as "BSD" ? Well, stupid 
questions, sorry. Or "Debian" ? My Proxmox server is running "Debian", 
another mystic Linux variant...
Do I need a version/platform with "FreeBSD", like Arm64 or 12.0 ?
Or can you directly correct the TIP?

Thanks for all,
Harald