Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753229AbZAEFsm (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:48:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751210AbZAEFse (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:48:34 -0500 Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.170.190]:26564 "EHLO rn-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751269AbZAEFsd (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:48:33 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:references; b=Y7Tnl1nQ2/0/G8fXnQi8raN5kvFwsjoGzGvNyjkAO7Yh4nAz60dgonAnW7DDJCRqVl MEDEN4UkmXljD/FCjllscGoGhE/e2yBGNBpPqjw/H47WiROs5iYCcxp2UI/SlZyxW71I HjHgeHUC1/3FOBqgLqi7WCQwI9t5ORMpz3WuY= Message-ID: <3ae3aa420901042148o1c96985dube8e03085c997a07@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:48:31 -0600 From: "Linas Vepstas" Reply-To: linasvepstas@gmail.com To: "David Newall" Subject: Re: Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009 Cc: david@lang.hm, "Kyle Moffett" , "Ben Goodger" , "Robert Hancock" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" , MentalMooMan , "Travis Crump" , burdell@iruntheinter.net In-Reply-To: <49614835.7000505@davidnewall.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3ae3aa420901021125n1153053fsdf2378e7d11abbc0@mail.gmail.com> <495F0672.6020708@davidnewall.com> <8752a8760901022237r75d408b3i74c703c8ac2d4597@mail.gmail.com> <496076A9.7030907@davidnewall.com> <4960897D.5030603@davidnewall.com> <4961432A.80509@davidnewall.com> <49614835.7000505@davidnewall.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 928 Lines: 23 2009/1/4 David Newall : > david@lang.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@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/