Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:10:37 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD is running out of time Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9903310905310.864-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <Version.32.19990330144219.00ef97e0@mail.cybercom.net>
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On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, The Classiest Man Alive wrote:
> So what are these additional fields being used for now? And is there a
> solution available or in the works to solve the 2038 bug in FreeBSD? Or
> will we just all be using Linux after that point? :-/
>
> K.S.
>
>
> At 01:23 PM 3/30/99, Terry Lambert wrote:
> >
> >Well, as long as we are beating dead horses here...
> >
> >IMO, it is *silly* that FreeBSD coopted the fields in FFS that were
> >reserved for dealing with the Y2038 "bug", which technically didn't
> >exist in BSD 4.4 until these fields were coopted.
Other points to consider:
Will/Should the solution be backward-compatible with all the
FreeBSD FFS already created out there?
Will we still be using FFS?
--
Jonathan Chen
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