On Fri, March 9, 2007 9:58 am, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> I'm not understanding this because of the Sybase reference. What OS(s) >> are >> they talking about? > > They are talking about any of the UNIXy ones. > > Long story short: If your system is set to UTC/GMT, and you fail to > patch, anything that is converting a local to gmtime is going to get a > wrong value for the affected times (three weeks in the spring, and one > in the fall). > > The Sybase was just one specific example of what would happen. > > -john > >
'Kay. Thanks ... I guess. Now I've been reading here that FC5 and later are already patched. True statement or myth? Also, if myth, is there a yum incantation for this? -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
