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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:48:31 -0600 From: "Linas Vepstas" <linasvepstas@...il.com> To: "David Newall" <davidn@...idnewall.com> Cc: david@...g.hm, "Kyle Moffett" <kyle@...fetthome.net>, "Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@...il.com>, "Robert Hancock" <hancockr@...w.ca>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <jeff@...owsky.org>, MentalMooMan <slashdot@...eshallam.info>, "Travis Crump" <pretzalz@...hhouse.org>, burdell@...ntheinter.net Subject: Re: Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009 2009/1/4 David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>: > david@...g.hm wrote: >> then new zoneinfo files need to be sent out every time there is a leap >> second (which from other posts on this thread is potentially every month) > > Not every few months, for goodness sake! Leap seconds aren't that > common! But they could be. Appearenly, there was a very long, multi-year lull, where no leap-seconds were required. Its not fully understood why, as they used to be common. Maybe its the melting glaciers :-) There *was* talk of eliminating them forever (so as to avoid this kind of bug, which affects banks, satellites, telecom equipment, etc.) but I guess they didn't do it. --linas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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