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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Dealing with 2038
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On Tuesday 06 May 2014 10:53:57 John Stultz wrote:
> On 05/06/2014 05:57 AM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > I suspect the only real way of dealing with the problem for 32-bit
> > architectures is to consider doing a major version bump for all shared
> > libraries, and for a while, 32-bit distributions might have to ship
> > two versions of all of the more popular shared libraries.
> ...
> > OTOH, if the main issue is "industrial control and security systems"
> > as stated in the original problem description,, I very much doubt they
> > would need GNOME shared libraries.  :-)
> 
> Well, there's also things like in-car-infotainment systems (which would
> annoy future car collectors should they stop working), which may require
> GUI toolkits. But I suspect the most problematic cases will be embedded
> systems in the literal sense of "embedded in the wall".

Medical equipment (and I assume military, which is often in the same
category) is probably a big thing. I remember we had a big discussion
about a product at a former employer when a customer asked for support
beyond 2038. I think we ended up saying that the hardware is fine but
no supported distro would handle this.

	Arnd