fyi it was a kernel patch. it would be very gross to hardcode 2001 in the kernel, that's why i chose the epoch.
> I posted a patch on linuxppc-dev that pushes pre-1970 dates up to 1970 at > boot time. I haven't followed up on it. > > gpm (segfaults) and the jdk (vm won't init) also refuse to work given > negative dates. > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brad Midgley
