> -----Original Message----- > From: Roy > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 10:03 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work? > > > Talk about people not testing things, leap seconds have been around > since 1961. There have been nine leap seconds in the last twenty > years. Any system that can't handle a leap second is seriously flawed. >
Roy, this was a problem in only certain kernel versions. Unfortunately the range of versions affected are pretty widely deployed right now. Earlier and later versions did not have the problem.