Subject: Re: X and date change causes hang
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 11/22/2004 11:50:41
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Martin Husemann wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 07:45:45PM -0500, David H. Gutteridge wrote:
>> Moving date forward six months: 26 second freeze
>> Moving date forward one year: 84 second freeze
>> Moving date forward two years: 175 second freeze
>
> Wow, I couldn't believe this - but I can reproduce it on -current.

Serious bug, I'd say. Can't understand why it should do that.

> Please file a PR in the bin category against date(1)

What's the problem with date(1)??? If you enter a valid date, but one 
that's wrong, it's hardly a bug in date, is it?

> - and in the xsrc
> category against X (this is probably a X server bug, since during the freeze
> all X output stalls).

Definitely send a PR on that.

 	Johnny

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