I agree. On an embedded system, there are applications that can't be simply
rebooted. There has to be a way for net-snmp agent to recover from this.
> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:32:48 +0200
> Subject: Re: agent_check_and_process: select info
> From: bart.vanass...@gmail.com
> To: mike_ay...@tvworks.com
> CC: sbazd...@hotmail.com; net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Mike Ayers <mike_ay...@tvworks.com> wrote:
> > Then reboot! Apps (any apps) should certainly be able to handle clock
> > changes, forward or back, of a second or less, without blinking. Time zone
> > changes are nice to have, but some things barf on those (I have a cell
> > phone that can't grasp the concept of moving between time zones). Forward
> > time changes should be handled transparently, as the ubiquity of
> > suspendable machines would require, but I'm well accustomed to seeing that
> > mishandled. If you need to make a substantial change backwards to the time
> > setting on your computer, just reboot it, as it's a safe bet that none of
> > your software was tested against that use case.
>
> Sorry, but the above is not an acceptable solution. I know of more
> than one (embedded) device that needs an accurate clock but for which
> rebooting just to avoid a backward clock jump is unacceptable.
>
> Bart.
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