Re: Query about possible impact of leap second on Debian Linux

2015-05-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Bret Busby wrote: > And, with Debian 6 LTS, in /etc/apt/sources.list, I have, apart from > the commented out lines, > > deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free > deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free > deb http://http.debian.net/debian squeez

Re: Query about possible impact of leap second on Debian Linux

2015-05-22 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/05/2015, Bob Proulx wrote: > Bret Busby wrote: >> ... so, upon checking (using Synaptic) the tzdata package(s), and >> finding they needed updating, apparently without depending on the >> kernel update(s), I have now updated the tzdata packages. There are >> tzdata and tzdata-java, both of w

Re: Query about possible impact of leap second on Debian Linux

2015-05-22 Thread Bob Proulx
Bret Busby wrote: > ... so, upon checking (using Synaptic) the tzdata package(s), and > finding they needed updating, apparently without depending on the > kernel update(s), I have now updated the tzdata packages. There are > tzdata and tzdata-java, both of which had updates available. The tzdata

Re: Query about possible impact of leap second on Debian Linux

2015-05-21 Thread Bret Busby
On 22/05/2015, Iain M Conochie wrote: > > > On 21/05/15 22:15, Bob Proulx wrote: >> Iain M Conochie wrote: >>> Bret Busby wrote: I have today seen the news report below, and wonder whether it needs some kind of patch for Debian Linux, and, if so, whether it has already been done, or

Re: Query about possible impact of leap second on Debian Linux

2015-05-21 Thread Iain M Conochie
On 21/05/15 22:15, Bob Proulx wrote: Iain M Conochie wrote: Bret Busby wrote: I have today seen the news report below, and wonder whether it needs some kind of patch for Debian Linux, and, if so, whether it has already been done, or is pending. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?b

Re: Query about possible impact of leap second on Debian Linux

2015-05-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Iain M Conochie wrote: > Bret Busby wrote: > >I have today seen the news report below, and wonder whether it needs > >some kind of patch for Debian Linux, and, if so, whether it has > >already been done, or is pending. > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=679882#87 Good to see th

Re: Query about possible impact of leap second on Debian Linux

2015-05-21 Thread Iain M Conochie
On 21/05/15 09:45, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have posted this message to the general Debian Users list, rather than to only the LTS list, as, whilst my interest is limited to Debian 6 LTS, I believe that, if the issue involving any possible problem, applies, then it would likely apply to all

Query about possible impact of leap second on Debian Linux

2015-05-21 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I have posted this message to the general Debian Users list, rather than to only the LTS list, as, whilst my interest is limited to Debian 6 LTS, I believe that, if the issue involving any possible problem, applies, then it would likely apply to all existing versions of Debian Linux in use.