To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc: pavel@suse.cz, linasvepstas@gmail.com, david@lang.hm,
       goodgerster@gmail.com, kyle@moffetthome.net, slashdot@jameshallam.info,
       davidn@davidnewall.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hancockr@shaw.ca,
       ntpwg@lists.ntp.isc.org, pretzalz@techhouse.org,
       burdell@iruntheinter.net, nick@nick-andrew.net, jeff@kosowsky.org
Subject: Re: [ntpwg] Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:07:12 MST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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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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