+/*
+ * Print a signed relative number of seconds (e.g. hold time, prune timer)
+ * in the form 5m1s. This does no truncation, so 32230861 seconds
+ * is represented as 1y1w1d1h1m1s.
+ */
+void
+signed_relts_print(netdissect_options *ndo,
+ int32_t secs)
+{
+ if (secs < 0) {
+ ND_PRINT((ndo, "-"));
+ if (secs == INT32_MIN) {
+ /*
+ * -2^31; you can't fit its absolute value into
+ * a 32-bit signed integer.
+ *
+ * Just directly pass said absolute value to
+ * unsigned_relts_print() directly.
+ *
+ * (XXX - does ISO C guarantee that -(-2^n),
+ * when calculated and cast to an n-bit unsigned
+ * integer type, will have the value 2^n?)
+ */
+ unsigned_relts_print(ndo, 2147483648U);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * We now know -secs will fit into an int32_t;
+ * negate it and pass that to unsigned_relts_print().
+ */
+ unsigned_relts_print(ndo, -secs);
+ }
+ return;
+ }
+ unsigned_relts_print(ndo, secs);
+}
+