[Nix-dev] Leap Second

[Roger Qiu]

Oh that looks useful. Perhaps I can set slew for all time, since I don't 
expect my servers to ever be offline.

On 21/05/2015 1:13 AM, Domen Kožar wrote:
> Running ntp with slew flag -x should give you same results as Google does.
>
> To test a leap second before 30. June: 
> https://access.redhat.com/articles/199563
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Roger Qiu <roger.qiu at polycademy.com 
> <mailto:roger.qiu at polycademy.com>> wrote:
>
>     I wonder why don't they add a patch to NTP to do what Google/AWS
>     does with the leap second so we all don't have to face the problem.
>
>     On 20/05/2015 1:54 AM, "Domen Kožar" <domen at dev.si
>     <mailto:domen at dev.si>> wrote:
>
>         Yeah, leap second(s) are a big issue since that's the code
>         that nobody really tests. NixOS is going to have as much
>         problems as the software you're running has bugs.
>
>         Google is smart here, they're adding microseconds over a
>         longer span of time via their NTP, so the extra second doesn't
>         disrupt any services and is synced with the rest of the world
>         at the "switch" time.
>
>
>
>         On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Roger Qiu
>         <roger.qiu at polycademy.com <mailto:roger.qiu at polycademy.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>             http://serverfault.com/questions/403732/anyone-else-experiencing-high-rates-of-linux-server-crashes-during-a-leap-second
>
>             On 19/05/2015 8:06 PM, "Kirill Elagin"
>             <kirelagin at gmail.com <mailto:kirelagin at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 What is exactly the issue with this leap second, and
>                 what do you mean by NixOS being affected?
>
>
>                 On Tue, May 19, 2015, 11:56 Roger Qiu
>                 <roger.qiu at polycademy.com
>                 <mailto:roger.qiu at polycademy.com>> wrote:
>
>                     Will NixOS be affected by the leap second issue
>                     that's coming up on June
>                     30 2015?
>
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