From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 20 18:20:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA08617 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 May 1996 18:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA08540 for ; Mon, 20 May 1996 18:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA23659; Tue, 21 May 1996 11:01:52 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605210131.LAA23659@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD prepared for the future? To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com (Brett Glass) Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:01:52 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <9604208326.AA832626871@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett Glass" at May 20, 96 02:54:36 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brett Glass stands accused of saying: > > Just read yet another doomsaying article about the Millenium and the havoc > it will wreak with much computer software. As I recall, D-day for UNIX > is different -- the crisis comes a little bit into the next century. > > Has FreeBSD been updated so that its "seconds since the start of time" > clock will not overflow? If we're still using FreeBSD in 2038, then we can worry about fixing programs that assume that time_t is signed. Once we do that, we buy another 68 years, and I expect to be _dead_ before that runs out. > --Brett -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[