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 Message 1160 
 Maurice Kinal to August Abolins 
 shiney new binkd 
 14 Jan 26 17:45:35 
 
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Hej August!

> that means you are building that source using 2017 C standard gcc
> support not the 2023 C standard based gcc default....

Exactly.

> That may mean that gcc developers are getting sloppy,

No it doesn't.  Without overthinking this, it means that the binkd source
isn't quite up to speed as far as c standards are concerned and that gcc
provides backwards compatibilty via the -std switch.

> there is an inherent code issue that they are tripping over.

No.  It compiles fine by using older c standards without having to revert to
an older gcc release.  If anything it is the binkd maintainer(s) who are
behind the times.  On the plus side it is a very easy fix and as luck would
have it gnu17 can produce a vastly more capable strftime than gnu99,
especially with regards to rfc-3339 formatted output such as below;

:read !date --rfc-3339=ns
2026-01-14 18:04:01.153826413+00:00

Overkill for sure but the nanosecond part could be used to ensure uniqueness
in a multiuser enviroment.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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