[OpenAFS] HELP! We 've lost our sync site

Russ Allbery rra@stanford.edu
Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:20:25 -0800


Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:

> Well, we DO still have a Y2038 issue..  (or is it 2034?).. when
> it will overfill beyond 2^31.

> But we'll have moved to 64-bit ints by then... Right?? ;)

64-bit ints won't solve this particular problem since we're talking about
a network protocol, yes?  Hosts with 64-bit ints would be required to keep
talking to existing hosts with the same network interface.

Or does the network protocol already allow for 64-bit values?

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Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>