[Git][reproducible-builds/reproducible-website][master] 2026-01: +year-2038 problem + patches

[Bernhard M. Wiedemann (@bmwiedemann-guest)]

Bernhard M. Wiedemann pushed to branch master at Reproducible Builds / reproducible-website


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8c8e2c8c by Bernhard M. Wiedemann at 2026-02-02T08:49:43+01:00
2026-01: +year-2038 problem + patches

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- _reports/2026-01.md


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 * [FIXME](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.12811)
 
 * [FIXME](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3736731.3746146)
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+* [FIXME](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1qfw17a/today_is_y2k38_commemoration_day_t12/) the year-2038 initially came up because of build-failures when testing for reproducible builds, but turned out to be a wide-spread issue in dozens of places even on 64-bit machines, because some programs use int to store the number of seconds since 1970, when they should use a 64-bit int instead.
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+* Bernhard M. Wiedemann:
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+    * [`otp`](https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10556) (jar mtime)
+    * [`Nim`](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/25442) (FTBFS-2038)
+    * [`ZEO`](https://github.com/zopefoundation/ZEO/issues/245) (FTBFS-2038)
+    * [`clamav`](https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/issues/1663) (FTBFS-2027)
+    * [`Switcheroo`](https://gitlab.com/adhami3310/Switcheroo/-/commit/d85c2180f7545c5e0155ac412b763d027f95b549) (by Khaleel Al-Adhami, FTBFS-j1)
+    * [`libaom`](https://aomedia-review.googlesource.com/c/aom/+/206321) (date/copyright year)
+    * [`kf6-kuserfeedback`](https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1327621) (%jobs)
+    * [`uwsm`](https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1329461) (nocheck pyc files)



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