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>Number:         16484
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Additions to Y2K web page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 30 18:20:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Stephen J. Roznowski
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	

>Description:

	This patch updated the Y2K web page with the known Y2K problems.

>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:

--- y2kbug.sgml.orig	Sun Jan 30 19:16:29 2000
+++ y2kbug.sgml	Sun Jan 30 21:13:14 2000
@@ -221,6 +221,33 @@
       
       <dd>Chpass has a problem using 00 for expiration year.
 	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15852">bin/15852</a> and
+	  <a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=16045">gnu/16045</a> and
+	  <a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=16207">bin/16207</a>
+	  </dt>
+      
+      <dd>Groff predefined \*(DT [\*(td] string has Y2K bug. [Fixed with import of
+        version 1.15 2000/01/12]
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15872">bin/15872</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>at(1) has a problem with valid time specifications if tm_year is 100,
+        reports `garbled time'.
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=16238">misc/16238</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>KerberosIV install does not work properly because there is a hard-wired
+	expiration date of 12/31/99 in the Kerberos source for the ticket
+	granter. [Fixed v1.24 1999/09/19]
+	</dd>
     </dl>
     
     <h2>Problematic applications</h2>
@@ -279,6 +306,79 @@
       <dd>The slurp port has a problem generating a correctly formatted host file
       name when tm_year is greater than 100. [Port patched 1999/10/27; fixes
       in FreeBSD-3.3-STABLE and above]</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15477">ports/15477</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>wwwstat port has a hardcoded 19.
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15789">ports/15789</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>proftpd has a minor Y2K problem. [Port patched 1999/12/22]
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15820">ports/15820</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>sendfile has a problem not setting the atime and mtime properly
+	for files sent after year 1999.
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15854">ports/15854</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>dclock uses localtime and in particular the references to
+	tm_year do not take into account the year 2000. [Port patched 2000/01/04]
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15868">ports/15868</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>The reporting function of hylafax (xferstats) is not y2k compatible.
+	[Port patched 2000/01/24]
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15926">ports/15926</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>A y2k bug in leafnode+ 2.9 considers incoming news articles with the 
+	(arguably bogus) Date: header like `Wed, 05 Jan 00 15:01:40 GMT'
+	to be too old, so these incoming articles are dropped. [Fixed by upgrading
+	port to version 2.10 2000/01/24]
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=16062">ports/16062</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>Japanese e2ps port has hardcoded 19. [Port patched 2000/01/24]
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=16073">ports/16073</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>nntp port 1.5.11.5 has Y2K related problems.
+	[Port upgraded to version 1.5.12.2 2000/01/12]
+	</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=16167">ports/16167</a></dt>
+      
+      <dd>This is a bug-fix release that corrects a y2k bug in INN 2.2.1 that will show
+	up in the NEWNEWS and NEWGROUPS commands after 2000-01-01 00:00:00 when
+	the date specified to the command is before 2000-01-01 00:00:00.
+	[Port upgraded to version 2.2.2 2000/01/28]
+	</dd>
+
+      <dd>NetHack 3.2.2 and earlier versions are not Y2K compliant (the score file
+	used 2 digit years and will be corrupted if added to in the year 2000).
+	[Port updated to version 3.2.3 2000/01/05]
+	</dd>
+
+      <dd>Japanese mnews port has Y2K problems.
+	[Port updated to version 1.22 1999/12/26]
+	</dd>
     </dl>
 
     <h2>More information</h2>

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