this is exactly why I asked for your help - my single system may work ok, but what about unintended sideeffects?

Andrea building on the latest Arch with no side effects is very reassuring.

Thankfully, you found none, so may be Phyllis will give this patch another spin with few more old and new distros, and may be add to git if no issues surface.

I will give it spin on 32-bit and another older distro and then check it into GIT if no issues. Sorry for being so paranoid.