[rrd-developers] [PATCH] fix for an endless loop

[Peter Stamfest]

Hello, 

Here is a patch that fixes a serious endless loop problem on 32 bit 
architectures near the timestamp 2^31 (oh yes - y2k038 is showing its ugly 
face) when using the graph command(s). Once the endtime of a graph is 
above the mentioned timestamp, mktime always returns -1 (and correctly 
so), causing some loops to loop forever. The patch fixes this, causing 
some strange output, but there is no other sane way to handle this (expect 
by switching to a 64 bit platform).

The patch has seen only light testing, but because it merely handles an 
error case that usually triggers rarely, its impact should not be too 
high. That said: I did not test it for daylight saving time switchovers.

Sorry for not inlining the patch - the mailer I use these days has its 
problems with formatting.

peter


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