Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c

On Nov 29 2007 19:54, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> >
>> > Anyway, I don't think compiling bc is hard on anything which has a C
>> > compiler.
>> 
>> alternative is to just also ship the precomputed values ;-)
>> 
>
> Oh, come on... it's not like bc is some obscure thing.  It's a POSIX utility.

People try building linux on not-so-posix systems these days...

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