Bug#343645: Processed: Re: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Processed: Re: Bug#343645: e2fsprogs: Superblock last mount time is in the future, fix it ? (Y)

[Thomas Dickey]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 04:50:24PM +0100, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> I was trying to write one that did all in util-linux, but during that time
> it become apparent that the fix needs to involve glibc and initscripts too
> to be effective during DST.

The patch was too simplistic to be of use anyway.  Granted that it was
"tested lightly"...

I don't see any discussion on this thread that points out that modifying
the hardware clock from another system can make the Debian system unbootable
(until one waits for the future to arrive ;-).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
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