Bug#735595: Re: [vbox-dev] Bug#735595: Patch to update RTC after time change

2016-03-11 Thread Frank Mehnert
Hi Gianfranco, we will not apply this patch. I provided the rationale in https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11980#comment:4 We will probably fix VBoxService to use adjtimex() instead of adjtime() which should be enough for most users. We also might synchronize the RTC with the system time on

Bug#735595: Re: [vbox-dev] Bug#735595: Patch to update RTC after time change

2016-03-11 Thread Frank Mehnert
On Friday 11 March 2016 12:57:17 Frank Mehnert wrote: > We also might synchronize the RTC with the system time on 'steps' (ie > host/guest time are out of sync for more than 20 seconds) but the latter > still needs to be discussed internally. s/20 seconds/20 minutes/ of course. Frank --

Bug#735595: Re: [vbox-dev] Bug#735595: Patch to update RTC after time change

2016-03-11 Thread Sam Morris
On Fri, 2016-03-11 at 12:57 +0100, Frank Mehnert wrote: > Hi Gianfranco, > > we will not apply this patch. I provided the rationale in > >   https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11980#comment:4 > > We will probably fix VBoxService to use adjtimex() instead of > adjtime() > which should be enough