From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Issue in man page adjtime.3
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 17:17:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZUJ6JnryG7BnDf5P@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZUJaZJzhUkuDV_Fs@meinfjell.helgefjelltest.de>
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Hi Helge,
On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 02:02:12PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
>
> Issue: that can → that could
I'm not native, so I'll leave this one in case someone reading the list
wants to say something.
Thanks,
Alex
>
> "The adjustment that B<adjtime>() makes to the clock is carried out in such "
> "a manner that the clock is always monotonically increasing. Using "
> "B<adjtime>() to adjust the time prevents the problems that can be caused "
> "for certain applications (e.g., B<make>(1)) by abrupt positive or negative "
> "jumps in the system time."
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-01 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-01 14:02 Issue in man page adjtime.3 Helge Kreutzmann
2023-11-01 16:17 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2024-01-11 17:15 ` Helge Kreutzmann
2024-01-11 23:02 ` Alejandro Colomar
2024-01-28 20:27 ` Alejandro Colomar
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