Re: Linux BBS doors
  By: General Mdk to Angus McLeod on Tue Oct 30 2007 10:26:00

 >  > This has a Y2K bug that screws with the headers in the QWK packet.  Pleas
 >  > locate and install the work-around which is available on the net.

 >         Will do thanks I remember that from way back.  I din't notice any
 > errors when I imported messages.

The bug doesn't affect packets read IN, but it fouls up the headers in 
packets it CREATES.

 > I will not use it till I get and find the patch. I used to have it.

You can try here:

	http://www.anjo.com/misc/bwrf065.zip

or search elsewhere on the net, if you prefer.

 > Didn't it used to make the year say 100 or something like that...

I believe the two-digit year overflows, so 2007 which should result in 07 
being stored in the header, gets stored as 107 instead, which pushes all 
the other fields along one byte.  I'm not entirely certain about the 
details.





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