Re: Year 2038 Bug?

From: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Year 2038 Bug?
Date: 2008-10-13 19:35:40
Message-ID: 48F3A30C.4030604@sun.com
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Tom Lane napsal(a):

> Generally you'd use --with-system-tzdata on a platform where you expect
> to receive routine package updates for the tzdata files, independently
> of the Postgres release cycle. It seems reasonable to assume that
> anyone currently shipping tzdata is offering 64-bit files. (But we do
> have that regression test check in there to make sure.)

Unfortunately, you are not correct here :( see:

http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=4246033

Zdenek

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