Bug#196177: libc6: mktime mishandles dates before 1970 (regression from 3.0r1)

This bug was fixed upstream as follows: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/time/mktime.c.diff?r1=1.60&r2=1.61&cvsroot=glibc Rather than futz with that patch by itself, though, I suggest simply upgrading to the latest trunk version (1.66) of mktime.c in glibc. You can get it here: http

Bug#196177: libc6: mktime mishandles dates before 1970 (regression from 3.0r1)

Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.1-16 Severity: normal Tags: patch I ran into this problem because I assigned a Python programming time zone problem to my students . Students who were running Debian testing could not do the assignment because

Bug#196177: libc6: mktime mishandles dates before 1970 (regression from 3.0r1)

Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.1-16 Severity: normal Tags: patch I ran into this problem because I assigned a Python programming time zone problem to my students . Students who were running Debian testing could not do the assignment because