Re: [PATCH] fix for an endless loop

Hi Peter,

thanks for your patch ...

cheers
tobi

Oct 29 Peter Stamfest wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Here is a patch that fixes a serious endless loop problem on 32 bit
> architectures near the timestamp 2^31 (oh yes - y2k038 is showing its ugly
> face) when using the graph command(s). Once the endtime of a graph is
> above the mentioned timestamp, mktime always returns -1 (and correctly
> so), causing some loops to loop forever. The patch fixes this, causing
> some strange output, but there is no other sane way to handle this (expect
> by switching to a 64 bit platform).
>
> The patch has seen only light testing, but because it merely handles an
> error case that usually triggers rarely, its impact should not be too
> high. That said: I did not test it for daylight saving time switchovers.
>
> Sorry for not inlining the patch - the mailer I use these days has its
> problems with formatting.
>
> peter
>
>
>

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