[PATCH] Correctly handle signed 32-bit time_t types
authorNoah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Wed, 2 Sep 2026 16:17:57 +0000 (12:17 -0400)
committerNoah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Wed, 2 Sep 2026 16:17:57 +0000 (12:17 -0400)
commit72023edbdd7784120d1f9c7e2ef2688cf398f22d
treee2f3e9780ef415b0919fe48d59c1fb60854d0558
parent2d5cba63646f59fba67d1ede3e4b113d2664f6a7
[PATCH] Correctly handle signed 32-bit time_t types

Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1124541
Forwarded: no

dovecot handles 32-bit time_t in a couple of different ways, but neither quite
works currently.  Setting TIME_T_MAX_BITS to 31 isn't correctly handled in
places where time_t values are constructed, for example in
io_loop_get_wait_time().

Similarly, setting TIME_T_MAX_BITS = 32 and defining TIME_T_SIGNED is not
correctly handled by tm_is_too_large().

This change fixes tm_is_too_large() to set max_time to the correct maximum date
representable by a signed 32-bit time_t.

Closes: #1124541
Gbp-Pq: Name Correctly_handle_signed_32-bit_time_t_types.patch
src/lib-imap/test-imap-date.c
src/lib/time-util.c