Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?

[AP NANOG <nanog () armoredpackets com>]

Do you happen to know all the kernels and versions affected by this?

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Thank you,

Robert Miller
http://www.armoredpackets.com

Twitter: @arch3angel

On 7/1/12 12:44 PM, George Bonser wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roy
> > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 10:03 PM
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?
> >
> >
> > Talk about people not testing things, leap seconds have been around
> > since 1961.  There have been nine leap seconds in the last twenty
> > years.  Any system that can't handle a leap second is seriously flawed.
> Roy, this was a problem in only certain kernel versions.  Unfortunately the range of versions affected are pretty 
> widely deployed right now.  Earlier and later versions did not have the problem.