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Article #140Re: Year 2000 and Linux
From: J.R.Suckling
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
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In article <casper.889020671@uk-usenet.uk.sun.com>, Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer <Casper.Dik@Holland.Sun.Com> wrote: >Wayne Schlitt <wayne@midwestcs.com> writes: >>Trying to fix the problems with switching from signed to unsigned >>time_t isn't worth it. Just switch to a 64-bit time_t instead. > >Which might be a bit hard for on-disk formats and such. Good point, but after the y2k thing is over you will still have more then 30 years to switch to a new file system. You will need new hardware in 30 years -- switch then. We will need the new 64bit version of tar should read the old 32bit tar files and set the old dates correctly. same goes for cpio and what ever else you use. Still, we have a bit of time to think about that. Does any body realy know what time it is. Does any body realy care ... About time. -- Chicago
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