Re: The rh7.3 time errors

Magnus Naeslund(f) wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote:
> > Magnus Naeslund(f) wrote:
> >> Was there a workaround for the errors in time handling for rh7.3
> >> dist? 
> >> 
> >> I get there regression failures:
> >>      abstime              ... FAILED
> >>      tinterval            ... FAILED
> >> test horology             ... FAILED
> >> 
> >> I remember the discussion about old dates, but not if there was any
> >> fix for it... 
> >> 
> > 
> > Tom fixed this just before we went into beta. Are you using a recent
> > snapshot? 
> > 
> > Joe
> 
> As usual, i never remember to supply version information.
> I'm using latest stable, 7.2.2.
> Is there a quick workaround for this version, or must there be code ?

The change was to use localtime() rather than mktime() in the code. 
There is no workaround available for 7.2.X, and I don't see that anyone
backpatched it to 7.2 CVS.  However, we are considering a 7.2.3 and a
backpatch of that fix may be worthwhile.

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