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| 2 | Y2K status of bzip2 and libbzip2, versions 0.1, 0.9.0 and 0.9.5 |
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| 3 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | Informally speaking: |
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| 6 | bzip2 is a compression program built on top of libbzip2, |
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| 7 | a library which does the real work of compression and |
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| 8 | decompression. As far as I am aware, libbzip2 does not have |
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| 9 | any date-related code at all. |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | bzip2 itself copies dates from source to destination files |
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| 12 | when compressing or decompressing, using the 'stat' and 'utime' |
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| 13 | UNIX system calls. It doesn't examine, manipulate or store the |
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| 14 | dates in any way. So as far as I can see, there shouldn't be any |
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| 15 | problem with bzip2 providing 'stat' and 'utime' work correctly |
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| 16 | on your system. |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | On non-unix platforms (those for which BZ_UNIX in bzip2.c is |
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| 19 | not set to 1), bzip2 doesn't even do the date copying. |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | Overall, informally speaking, I don't think bzip2 or libbzip2 |
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| 22 | have a Y2K problem. |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | Formally speaking: |
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| 25 | I am not prepared to offer you any assurance whatsoever |
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| 26 | regarding Y2K issues in my software. You alone assume the |
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| 27 | entire risk of using the software. The disclaimer of liability |
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| 28 | in the LICENSE file in the bzip2 source distribution continues |
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| 29 | to apply on this issue as with every other issue pertaining |
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| 30 | to the software. |
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| 32 | Julian Seward |
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| 33 | Cambridge, UK |
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| 34 | 25 August 1999 |
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