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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp timer.c
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>> >Should I fix kern/kern_time.c then ?
>> 
>> No, it's not incorrect.  It does almost exactly what the ERRORS section in
>> the man page says: it returns EINVAL if "_a_ value parameter specified a
>> time that was too large to be handled".  The man page is just sloppy in
>> not mentioning that it returns EINVAL if a value parameter was invalid.
>
>Ouch.  Too late.  Should I roll it back out ?  (I'll wait for a
>bit longer before sticking my feet in this time).

Of course.

Bruce