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Re: Y2038 - best way forward in Debian?



On Tue, 2020-02-18 at 12:25 +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Feb 17, Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be> wrote:
> 
> > - Figure out a way for 32-bit binary-only programs to keep working when
> >   they touch a time_t beyond 2038.
> I am sure that around 2035 "time namespaces" or something similar will 
> be implemented to solve this.

Linux 5.6 introduces time namespaces - though currently they only allow
offsets to monotonic clocks (so containers can have monotonic time when
migrated), not CLOCK_REALTIME.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest.


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