Tom Lane wrote: > One thing I am undecided about: I am more than half tempted to put in > the fix that makes us able to cope with mktime's broken-before-1970 > behavior in recent glibc versions (e.g., Red Hat 7.3). This seems like > a good idea considering that other Linux distros will surely be updating > glibc soon too. On the other hand, it's hard to call it a critical bug > fix --- it ain't on a par with the vacuum/clog problem, for sure. And > the patch has received only limited testing (basically just whatever > use 7.3beta1 has had). On the third hand, the patch only does something > if mktime() has already failed, so it's hard to see how it could make > life worse even if it's buggy. > > Any votes on whether to fix that or leave it alone in 7.2.3? I need > some input in the next few hours ... >
+1 for fixing it Joe ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
