Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Jan 2009 04:46:29 +0000 | From | "Duane Griffin" <> | Subject | Re: Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009 |
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2009/1/3 Ben Goodger <goodgerster@gmail.com>: > 2009/1/3 Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas@gmail.com> >> > Slashdot reported a story of Linux machines crashing on New years eve. >> >> FYI, Looks like the bug has been found, and theres a patch! >> >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/2/389 > > Great. I look forward to not crashing the next time it is 2008-31-31-23:59:59. > Sarcasm aside, please pass on my thanks to Mr Griffin.
Thanks, but I'm not the one who deserves the thanks: Chris Adams did all the work in reproducing and diagnosing the problem. My patch was entirely trivial (and indeed, incomplete).
Cheers, Duane.
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