Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:53:02 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD handles leapsecond correctly Message-ID: <20060102215302.GB10928@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <80684.1136237840@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20060102211956.GA10928@merlin.emma.line.org> <80684.1136237840@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Mon, 02 Jan 2006, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > And then, feel free come back and tell me and the rest of the world > how easy this problem can be solved correctly. I made no statement to the extent this problem were _easy_ to solve, and I am aware that any "solution" goes beyond FreeBSD's scope. > I assumed this to be self-evident, but I guess I need to lower > the bar in future emails. The actual point was that the definition of "correct" depends on the scope, and that drifted through the discussion. "Correct in POSIX:" yes, "correct" as "doing the right thing[tm] for all fields of application": clearly no. "Handles leapsecond according to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001" (or whichever you chose) avoids the need to disambiguate. BTW, thanks for providing evidence that your system was made aware of the leap second, and processed it in accordance with POSIX -- this is a data point for "leap seconds do work". -- Matthias Andree
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