Bug#387960: procps: uptime rolls over at 497 days

2006-09-21 Thread Craig Small
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 06:36:12PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > someone should verify that this is true. "probably" means this is > inconclusive, and we won't know for sure until a year and a half from > now. Probably means it depends on how long you have had the device running. On most 64 bit

Bug#387960: procps: uptime rolls over at 497 days

2006-09-21 Thread Michael Gilbert
Craig Small wrote: ... on a 64-bit device you will probably see longer times. someone should verify that this is true. "probably" means this is inconclusive, and we won't know for sure until a year and a half from now. Conny Brunnkvist wrote: Michael - your bug report tells us you're running

Bug#387960: procps: uptime rolls over at 497 days

2006-09-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-17 13:23:04, schrieb Michael Gilbert: > the fact that uptime rolls over to 0 days of uptime at 497 days leads to I have not a singel System, with an Uptime of more then 60 days, since I regulary update my Kernels. Machines with 497 days uptime will have over 100 Security holes. > upti

Bug#387960: procps: uptime rolls over at 497 days

2006-09-17 Thread Craig Small
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 01:23:04PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > the fact that uptime rolls over to 0 days of uptime at 497 days leads to > distorted conclusions in Linux stability analysis. here is one article > that actually considers this limitation properly, but there are many > others that

Bug#387960: procps: uptime rolls over at 497 days

2006-09-17 Thread Michael Gilbert
Package: procps Version: 1:3.2.7-2 Severity: normal the fact that uptime rolls over to 0 days of uptime at 497 days leads to distorted conclusions in Linux stability analysis. here is one article that actually considers this limitation properly, but there are many others that do not. http://www.