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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index da4b2223e9..cf6078cf20 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ Major new features: Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: - [Add deprecations, removals and changes affecting compatibility here] +* Architectures which use a 32-bit seconds-since-epoch field in struct + lastlog, struct utmp, struct utmpx (such as i386, powerpc64le, rv32, + rv64, x86-64) switched from a signed to an unsigned type for that + field. This allows these fields to store timestamps beyond the year + 2038, until the year 2106. Please note that applications are still + expected to migrate off the interfaces declared in <utmp.h> and + <utmpx.h> (except for login_tty) due to locking and session management + problems. Changes to build and runtime requirements: |