bug: wrong file times on ncpfs

[Petr Vandrovec]

On 25 Jan 2000 Oleg Makarenko wrote:
> correct shift value in its local2utc()/utc2local() functions I still
> have some anomalies: on DST the time of previously created files will be
[snip]
> I don't see how can I change ncpfs either :( cause to make it calculate
> local times correctly I need the values of dststart and dstend for local
> timezone and can't find the needed structure in the kernel and the way
> to initialize it.
> While it is possible to add needed structure and new syscall somebody on
> the list should know the better solution.
It is not completely correct. You have to have per-mountpoint function
(ioctl) which allows you to pass pre-parsed timezone data into kernel.
Server uses its own local time, not yours. Although usually they are same,
currently I have mounted three ncpfs volumes, from different timezones.
Timestamps are wrong on all that filesystems, as expected... I will not 
accept any timestamp patch to ncpfs except one which correctly handles 
files created in past/future too, because of although current situation is 
not perfect, it is how things works for some years now...
                                        Best regards,
                                                Petr Vandrovec
                                                vandrove en vc.cvut.cz
                                                

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