struct timeval tv_sec type mismatch ?

[Xin LI]

On 11/13/05, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at icir.org> wrote:
> on freebsd 5.x and above, the tv_sec field of struct timeval
> has type 'long' (defined here:
>
>        http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/sys/_timeval.h
>
> whereas apparently most platform have it as time_t, and i believe
> there are standards that require that:
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/sys/time.h.html
>
> Any reason to keep it as a 'long' ?

A quick google search indicates that the only reason is to be
compatible with Tru64 on Alpha.[1]

[1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2005-October/013956.html

Cheers,
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