Andrei Borzenkov composed on 2024-10-28 10:23 (UTC+0300):
Felix Miata wrote:
Andrei Borzenkov composed on 2024-10-28 09:38 (UTC+0300):
Felix Miata wrote:
I'm in process of eliminating EXT2 & EXT3 filesystems from old computers, due to the year 2038 date problem that might arrive before my termination. Using:
tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/sdb1
How is all of this related to the year 2038 or timestamps in general?
# dmesg | egrep '2038|pports' … [ 70.533547] [ T674] ext2 filesystem being mounted at /disks/boot supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 74.896089] [ T637] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /disks/s131 supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 75.457770] [ T638] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /disks/stwt supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 75.507264] [ T634] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /disks/s123 supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 77.426041] [ T654] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /disks/s132 supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 85.148371] [ T700] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /home supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 91.470229] [ T706] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /pub supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 94.088198] [ T711] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /usr/local supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) #
That does not answer my question. Explain how any of these options is related to timestamps. You must have had some reasons to use them.
It's basically the same thing as the Y2K problem was. Weren't you alive then? What "options" are you referring to? I don't understand why you're asking any question. Some, including me, commonly arrange by date operating with groups of files. Files from before the rollover point on filesystems not supporting dates correctly can't be correctly sorted by date mixed with files from after rollover, or show all dates correctly after 0xfffffff rollover point. The question "when was this file last written" won't be answered correctly for writes from before the rollover. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata