[GHC] #3859: Problems with toClockTime on NetBSD

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#3859: Problems with toClockTime on NetBSD
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    Reporter:  igloo             |        Owner:              
        Type:  bug               |       Status:  new         
    Priority:  normal            |    Milestone:  6.12.2      
   Component:  Compiler          |      Version:  6.12.1      
    Keywords:                    |   Difficulty:              
          Os:  NetBSD            |     Testcase:              
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |      Failure:  None/Unknown
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Comment(by kristerw):

 I would guess this is with NetBSD-current...

 NetBSD changed time_t to become a 64-bit type shortly after NetBSD 5 was
 released, and this caused some breakage for ghc.  I sent patches for most
 of the issues before 6.12 was released, but I know of at least one more
 place that need to be updated: ghc think that struct timeval look like

   struct timeval {time_t tv_sec; time_t tv_usec;};

 while it according to POSIX look like

   struct timeval {time_t tv_sec; suseconds_t tv_usec;};

 which matter on NetBSD now, as time_t is 64 bits, and suseconds_t is 32
 bits.

 I just tried some patches for this, but it does not seem to solve all
 problems...  :(

 I'll investigate some more, but will probably not have the time until late
 next week...

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