Re: [LI] GNU tar-1.11.8 - y2k !?

["Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Gopi Garge wrote:

->Hi,
->
->	I use gnu tar 1.11.8 (the latest) on my solaris box and do
->	incremental backups using the --after-date option. tar
->	breaks since Jan 1 2000 giving an "Invalid date format"
->	error.
->	
->	I looked through the sources and found the following in
->	lib/getdate.c
->
->  if (Year < EPOCH || Year > 1999
->      || Month < 1 || Month > 12
->      /* Lint fluff:  "conversion from long may lose accuracy" */
->      || Day < 1 || Day > DaysInMonth[(int)--Month])
->    return -1;
->
->	Comments/fixes welcome.
->

Did you check at the www.gnu.org? Possibly you may have to upgrade your
solaris version.  BTW we are not a solaris list.

Nagarjuna


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