FreeBSD handles leapsecond correctly
Matthias Andree
matthias.andree at gmx.de
Mon Jan 2 13:53:07 PST 2006
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".
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Matthias Andree
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