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