Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:40:23 GMT From: hotlips Internet admin <hostmaster@GTS.NET> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/95290: amd64 inetd returns 8 byte time value instead of 4 byte Message-ID: <200604041840.k34IeNZM042207@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/95290; it has been noted by GNATS. From: hotlips Internet admin <hostmaster@GTS.NET> To: kris@obsecurity.org (Kris Kennaway) Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/95290: amd64 inetd returns 8 byte time value instead of 4 byte Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:37:33 -0400 (EDT) Thus saith Kris Kennaway: | | | --liOOAslEiF7prFVr | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii | Content-Disposition: inline | | On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:36:14PM +0000, Bruce Becker wrote: | | > >How-To-Repeat: | > Enable the "time" builtin in inetd.conf, then "telnet localhost time > xxx" - | > the last line of "xxx" will contain the erroneous 8 byte result | | There's also an argument that the RFC is broken since 64-bit time_t is | the way of the future (i.e. the RFC is not Y2.038K compliant and will | need to be amended anyway). Of course you are right, but i need to get my NetApp time synchronised properly in the meantime :) ... -- Bruce Becker +1 416 410 0879 GTS Network Administration Toronto, Ont. Email: hostmaster@gts.net
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