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Re:Some DNS lookups causing 5xx errors due to leap second bug by mark-r on Sunday January 01, 2017 @01:45AM (#13294935)
It's difficult to write bug-free code for events that happen very infrequently. Even more so when the distributed nature of the system makes effective testing under real-world conditions nearly impossible.
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Re:Some DNS lookups causing 5xx errors due to leap second bug by greglindahl on Sunday January 01, 2017 @02:49AM (#13295027)
Yeah, that's exactly why Leap Day getting skipped every 4th year is such a disaster.
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Re:Some DNS lookups causing 5xx errors due to leap second bug by macintux on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:35AM (#13295838)
The ratio of embedded systems that care about the calendar to those that care about time has to be astronomical.
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