Geert, >>> IIRC, the Australian Navy may keep their MVME boxes running until >>> close to Y2038. >>> >> But surely not updating them to 4.17 or later? > > I don't know. Perhaps to prolong life until after Y2038 ;-) I'm happy to keep things in the tree if they are: 1) maintained and tested 2) actively used 3) not blocking removal of legacy interfaces -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering