[$] Debian looks forward to 2038

On January 19, 2038, the time_t value used on many 32-bit Linuxsystems will overflow and wrap around, causing those systems to believethey have returned to 1901. Much work has gone into preparing many layers of thesystem for this event, but not all distributions have completed theirpreparations. One of those is Debian but, as was seen in a conversation inMay, the Debian developers are now grappling with the problem in a seriousway. Along the way, they appear to have made an interesting decisionregarding which systems will (or will not) be updated.