From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 13:54:24 +0100 Subject: Year 2038 time set problem In-Reply-To: <2c86cc9d-a7df-7b08-f5d8-8329710be814@mrbrklyn.com> References: <1520249396.6259.43.camel@petrovitsch.priv.at> <2c86cc9d-a7df-7b08-f5d8-8329710be814@mrbrklyn.com> Message-ID: <20180305125424.GA17802@kroah.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 07:20:35AM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote: > On 03/05/2018 06:29 AM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > And why should "we" (whoever that is) fix the problems of others? > > > > The upstream can't do anything directly if the downstream simply > > refuses to update (if there are fixes to real threats) and/or reboot > > (if it's the kernel). > > > So any system where you need to, or want to install it and forget about > it for a long period of time, the Linux kernel can not be considered a > choice for that usage because it needs contact oversite and upgrades. No kernel can be considered for such a choice, this is not unique to Linux or any other operating system, sorry. good luck!