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Re: pg_ctl/miscinit: print "MyStartTime" as a long long instead of long to avoid 2038 problem.

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

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From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Max Johnson <max.johnson@novatechautomation.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-10-07T19:00:05Z
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On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 02:10:47PM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> Alright.  I was able to back-patch it to v12 without too much trouble,
> fortunately.  I'll commit that soon unless anyone else has feedback.

Committed, thanks!

I refrained from introducing INT64_HEX_FORMAT/UINT64_HEX_FORMAT in c.h
because I felt there was a nonzero chance of that causing problems with
third-party code on the back-branches.  We could probably add them for v18,
though.

-- 
nathan

Commits

  1. Add INT64_HEX_FORMAT and UINT64_HEX_FORMAT to c.h.

  2. Fix Y2038 issues with MyStartTime.