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* Makefile: Tone down leap smearing discussion.
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(Thanks to John Hawkinson.)
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eggert committed Dec 5, 2016
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Expand Up @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ MANDIR= $(TOPDIR)/man

LIBDIR= $(TOPDIR)/lib

# If you want only POSIX time, where time values interpreted as
# If you want only POSIX time, with time values interpreted as
# seconds since the epoch (not counting leap seconds), use
# REDO= posix_only
# below. If you want want only "right" time, with values interpreted
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# normally, use
# REDO= right_posix
# below. POSIX mandates that leap seconds not be counted; for compatibility
# with it, use "posix_only" or "posix_right". POSIX time is often combined
# with leap smearing, as this is more accurate than strict POSIX time
# and it often works better than "right" time with applications that
# are not leap second aware.
# with it, use "posix_only" or "posix_right". Use POSIX time on systems with
# leap smearing; this can work better than unsmeared "right" time with
# applications that are not leap second aware, and is closer to unsmeared
# "right" time than unsmeared POSIX time is (e.g., 0.5 vs 1.0 s max error).

REDO= posix_right

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