On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 08:16:21PM +0100, David Kubicek wrote: >> OK, where do I move next? :-) Especially given that these things don't >> happen in a fresh sid chroot, I am really wondering what unearthly >> configuration option could be causing this. > > OK, this is now officially insane. I have no firm idea what could be the > culprit, we can however test some scenarios, which could reveal > something of substance. In your situation, I'd now use gdb with > libc6-dbg and debug all function calls to pinpoint the reason, but I > cannot reproduce it on my system. :( The strange thing is, in gdb, it always gives me 1260521400. Consistently. > So try "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" first and then let's refresh a few more > packages: > > # apt-get update > # apt-get install --reinstall libc6 libc6-i686 libgcc1 No effect. > If that doesn't help, try posix-in-loop test from single-user mode. Make > sure no other processes are running. I've checked, and the same thing happens. > I'm not aware of any configuration which could cause this (except for TZ > and /etc/timezone, of course). I think I've wasted enough of my time and the list's time on this; I'll just go back to work now, and, later, when I get the time and enthusiasm, try to hunt this down. I really appreciate your help; I'll let you know if and when I get to the bottom of this. Thanks. Kumar P. S. This is what led me to discover this in the first place; note that alarm-clock fails for me reliably in any time zone which has daylight savings, and is perfect in any time zone which doesn't. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558099#20 -- Linux: Because a PC is a terrible thing to waste. (By komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu, Mark Komarinski)
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