Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
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Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
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Re: Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
#2Really? They were running busybox? If not, it's not Linux. It's GNU/Linux.
Re: Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
#3Ouch!
My Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 is still standing
Oh well, reading the issue, the machine date is Sat Jun 30 16:11:31 EDT 2012
Stopped ntpd just in case
Re: Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
#4My Ubuntu servers seem unaffected thus far.
Re: Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
#5No burps from my BSD boxes either, although they're all in UTC so the leap second hasn't happened for them yet.
Re: Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
#6That wouldn't happen if servers were Macs
Re: Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
#7That wouldn't happen if servers were Macs
Thats relevant how?
Re: Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
#82012. and we still have problems keeping track of time. This is both fascinating and scary.
P.S. for people wanting to know more this video is simple to understand but really amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX96xng7sAE
Re: Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
#92012. and we still have problems keeping track of time. This is both fascinating and scary. P.S. for people wanting to know more this video is simple to understand but really amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX96xng7sAE
Maybe we always will have problems?
It seems to be the unique class of bug that not only is it easy to forget to test, and won't ever show up until a particular date... but then affects everyone!
I can't think of any other kind of bug that never shows up ever, but then affects everyone. Rare bugs tend to stay rare, common bugs tend to get caught before they affect everyone... this is the exception.
Re: Leap second causing Linux server crashes?
#10That wouldn't happen if servers were Macs
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