663498 – xfce-extra/xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.7.0 with ABI_X86=x32 shows incorrect time and date

Bug 663498 - xfce-extra/xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.7.0 with ABI_X86=x32 shows incorrect time and date

Summary: xfce-extra/xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.7.0 with ABI_X86=x32 shows incorrect time ...

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	XFCE Team

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Keywords:	PATCH

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Blocks:	x32
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Reported:	2018-08-13 10:07 UTC by camper
Modified:	2018-08-13 19:51 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.7.0-x32-fix-GTimeVal-time_t-conversion.patch (file_663498.txt,584 bytes, text/plain) 2018-08-13 10:07 UTC, camper	Details
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Description camper 2018-08-13 10:07:41 UTC

Created attachment 543242 [details]
xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.7.0-x32-fix-GTimeVal-time_t-conversion.patch

When converting values from a GTimeVal struct to time_t the plugin uses a pointer-cast assuming that time_t has the same size as long. This assumption does not hold for this ABI with glibc where time_t is still a 64-bit value but long has only 32 bit (default/linux/amd64/17.0/x32 profile). As a result the conversion pulls in the microseconds field from GTimeVal giving quasi-random date and time values.