linux-kernel - Re: [ntpwg] Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:45:40 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	"M. Warner Losh" <imp@...imp.com>
Cc:	pavel@...e.cz, linasvepstas@...il.com, david@...g.hm,
	goodgerster@...il.com, kyle@...fetthome.net,
	slashdot@...eshallam.info, davidn@...idnewall.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hancockr@...w.ca,
	ntpwg@...ts.ntp.isc.org, pretzalz@...hhouse.org,
	burdell@...ntheinter.net, nick@...k-andrew.net, jeff@...owsky.org
Subject: Re: [ntpwg] Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:07:12 MST, "M. Warner Losh" said:

> Well, today you can ftp the leapseconds.txt file from NIST.  Of
> course, that assumes your machine is on the network, and not a dumb
> slave of a smart head-end that's off the net...

If you're a dumb slave off a smart head-end, the sysadmin has already solved
the problem of getting files from the outside to the dumb slave, just for their
own sanity in pushing patches and *other* config file updates.

And if you're *not* getting updates pushed to you for all the *other* stuff,
the leapseconds is probably the least of your worries.


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