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