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From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
To: david@lang.hm
Cc: Kyle Moffett <kyle@moffetthome.net>,
	Ben Goodger <goodgerster@gmail.com>,
	Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linasvepstas@gmail.com,
	"Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <jeff@kosowsky.org>,
	MentalMooMan <slashdot@jameshallam.info>,
	Travis Crump <pretzalz@techhouse.org>,
	burdell@iruntheinter.net
Subject: Re: Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:45:54 +1030	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4961432A.80509@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0901040310070.24563@asgard.lang.hm>

david@lang.hm wrote:
> so are you saying that other 'correct' OS's have patches issued every
> time a leap second is declared so that they have an in-kernel table of
> them to use to calculate the correct time?

No.  Exactly the contrary.  I'm saying that through use of zoneinfo, for
example, no kernel support is required for leap seconds.  And! this
provides correct results for seconds-between two dates.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-04 23:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-02 19:25 Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009 Linas Vepstas
2009-01-02 20:04 ` Diego Calleja
2009-01-02 20:25   ` Robert Hancock
2009-01-03  6:32     ` David Newall
2009-01-03  6:37       ` Ben Goodger
2009-01-04  8:43         ` David Newall
2009-01-04  9:00           ` Kyle Moffett
2009-01-04 10:03             ` David Newall
2009-01-04 11:13               ` david
2009-01-04 23:15                 ` David Newall [this message]
2009-01-04 23:25                   ` Chris Adams
2009-01-05  0:01                     ` David Newall
2009-01-05  0:41                       ` Alan Cox
2009-01-05  8:43                         ` David Newall
2009-01-05 19:47                           ` Alan Cox
2009-01-05  0:29                   ` david
2009-01-04 23:37                     ` David Newall
2009-01-05  1:05                       ` david
2009-01-05  0:14                         ` David Newall
2009-01-05  0:21                           ` Ben Goodger
2009-01-05  6:34                             ` David Newall
2009-01-05 23:03                               ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-05  0:44                         ` Alan Cox
2009-01-05  5:48                       ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-05 14:33                         ` Nick Andrew
2009-01-05 16:08                           ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-05 17:51                             ` david
2009-01-05 17:42                               ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-06  2:27                                 ` john stultz-lkml
2009-01-06  4:53                                   ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-06  5:00                                     ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-06 19:40                                     ` [ntpwg] " M. Warner Losh
2009-01-06 19:50                                 ` M. Warner Losh
2009-01-07  3:50                                 ` Danny Mayer
2009-01-07  4:52                                   ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-07 10:03                                     ` David Newall
2009-01-07 17:24                                       ` M. Warner Losh
2009-01-08 16:51                                         ` Magnus Danielson
2009-01-07 14:34                                     ` Danny Mayer
2009-01-07 15:42                                       ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-07 19:23                                         ` Danny Mayer
2009-01-07 16:04                                       ` john stultz
2009-01-07 17:36                                     ` M. Warner Losh
2009-01-07 17:39                                   ` M. Warner Losh
2009-01-07 19:31                                     ` Alan Cox
2009-01-07 19:42                                       ` M. Warner Losh
2009-01-08  3:57                                       ` Danny Mayer
2009-01-08  4:42                                         ` M. Warner Losh
2009-01-08 10:48                                           ` Alan Cox
2009-01-08 10:56                                             ` Alan Cox
2009-01-08 22:22                                               ` David Mills
2009-01-08 15:02                                             ` M. Warner Losh
2009-01-08 18:57                                               ` Marshall Eubanks
2009-01-08 20:09                                     ` Steve Allen
2009-01-12 16:11                                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-01-12 17:07                                   ` [ntpwg] " M. Warner Losh
2009-01-12 21:45                                     ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-06  2:31                             ` Nick Andrew
2009-01-06  1:59                           ` David Newall
2009-01-06  2:18                             ` Chris Adams
2009-01-06  2:51                             ` Nick Andrew
2009-01-06  9:40                               ` Alan Cox
2009-01-07  1:17                                 ` Nick Andrew
2009-01-07  9:37                                   ` Alan Cox
2009-01-07  9:46                                 ` David Newall
2009-01-07  9:54                                   ` Alan Cox
2009-01-07 10:18                                     ` David Newall
2009-01-07 10:52                                       ` Alan Cox
2009-01-07 13:45                                         ` David Newall
2009-01-07 14:10                                           ` Alan Cox
2009-01-07 14:36                                             ` David Newall
2009-01-07 15:40                                               ` Alan Cox
2009-01-10  9:46                                                 ` David Newall
2009-01-07 22:13                                               ` Chris Adams
2009-01-07 13:33                                       ` Chris Adams
2009-01-07 13:37                                         ` Alan Cox
2009-01-07 14:12                                           ` David Newall
2009-01-07 14:09                                         ` David Newall
2009-01-07 21:42                                           ` Chris Adams
2009-01-04 11:35               ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-05  0:08                 ` David Newall
2009-01-06  3:53                   ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-04 17:20               ` Kyle Moffett
2009-01-03  7:00       ` Chris Adams
2009-01-04  8:41         ` David Newall
2009-01-02 20:29   ` Linas Vepstas
     [not found] ` <8752a8760901021328t545a0327v58faebe1e921680a@mail.gmail.com>
2009-01-02 21:29   ` Ben Goodger
2009-01-03  0:21 ` Chris Adams
2009-01-03  2:23   ` Duane Griffin
2009-01-03  3:45     ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-03  4:41     ` [PATCH] " Chris Adams
2009-01-03  4:52       ` Duane Griffin
2009-01-03 18:01         ` [PATCH] v2 " Chris Adams
2009-01-03 19:04           ` Duane Griffin
2009-01-03 20:01           ` Linas Vepstas
2009-06-08  2:18           ` Ben Hutchings
2009-06-18 22:34             ` Chris Friesen
2009-06-18 22:58               ` Ben Hutchings
2009-06-18 23:48                 ` Chris Friesen
2009-01-06  2:21   ` john stultz-lkml
2009-01-06  2:25     ` Chris Adams
2009-01-06  4:35     ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-03  3:49 ` Linas Vepstas
2009-01-03  4:02   ` Ben Goodger
2009-01-03  4:46     ` Duane Griffin
2009-01-03  4:50       ` Ben Goodger
2009-01-03 22:58   ` Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
     [not found] <fa.dw2l5ZM+UL3xoF6IYh5RLMmbYfw@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.XOM1F85uBvmj4QzZKaDu36nYBk0@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]   ` <fa.rviZJBmVqkAE5uxDjhJOpIuKT4g@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]     ` <fa.OPVERUiJ763jH2/QynTxgBgoKYw@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]       ` <fa.v3FUjJ43bw2G7KiZGaxqL3tD4xo@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]         ` <fa.BrNhgY8S+TEOLMiPd27M7YHo9bI@ifi.uio.no>
2009-01-04 16:15           ` Sitsofe Wheeler
2009-01-04 17:26             ` Kyle Moffett

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