Hi Adam, On Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 02:40:02PM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 09:17 -0800, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 05:11:31PM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > > Control: tags -1 + confirmed > > > > > > On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 08:38 -0800, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > > > > All upstream openafs releases from the 1.8.x series, prior to > > > > 1.8.7, > > > > contain a "time bomb" bug that activates when the unix epoch time > > > > passes 0x60000000 (Thu 14 Jan 2021 08:25:36 AM UTC). > [...] > > > Please feel free to upload, and we can look at processing the > > > package > > > after the point release is out of the way. I assume you'd > > > appreciate a > > > stable-updates release for the updated package, rather than waiting > > > for > > > the following point release? > > > > Yes, that would be appreciated. > > How does this sound as text for an announcement? > > =================== > OpenAFS is an implementation of the Andrew File System, a distributed > filesystem allowing cross-platform sharing of files among multiple > computers. > > An issue was discovered in the connection handling code which would > lead to most connections between clients and servers failing, starting > from January 14th, 2021 (when the UNIX timestamp reached 0x60000000). > This update resolves that issue. > > If you use OpenAFS, we strongly recommend that you install this > update. > ===================
That should work well. Anything I might try to change in order to be more precise would just add unnecessary detail, and this conveys the important point. Thanks again for your help with this, Ben
