Bug 8174 - INN ver 2.2.1 Y2K Bug
Summary: INN ver 2.2.1 Y2K Bug
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: inn
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Cristian Gafton
QA Contact:
URL: www.isc.org/products/INN
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-01-04 22:24 UTC by Larry M. Smith
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2000-01-05 16:44:30 UTC
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Description Larry M. Smith 2000-01-04 22:24:52 UTC
isc.org released INN 2.2.2

per isc.org
--- 8< --- 8< --- (snip)
This is a bug-fix release that corrects a y2k bug in 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
--- 8< --- 8< --- (snip)

Netscape responds with... (I still need to verify Netscape version)

"Error! News server responded: Usage: NEWGROUPS yymmdd hhmmss ["GMT"]
[<distributions>]"


[root@news radius]# telnet localhost nntp
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
200 localhost InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.2.1 25-Aug-1999 ready (posting
ok).
mode reader
200 localhost InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.2.1 25-Aug-1999 ready (posting
ok).
newgroups 991231 000000
501 Usage: NEWGROUPS yymmdd hhmmss ["GMT"] [<distributions>]
newgroups 000103 000000
231 New newsgroups follow.
alt.binaries.warez.win2000 0 1 y
alt.binaries.multimedia.vintage-film 50 1 y
alt.binaries.multimedia.vintage-film.d 0 1 y
alt.fan.zagadka 0 1 y
.
newgroups 19991231 000000
231 New newsgroups follow.
alt.tony-sutton 0 1 y
alt.binaries.jacklyn-lick 12 1 y
alt.france.humanities.ancient-greek 0 1 y
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.2000s 7 1 y
alt.webcam.alan 0 1 y
alt.fan.unknownj 0 1 y
alt.binaries.warez.win2000 0 1 y
alt.binaries.multimedia.vintage-film 50 1 y
alt.binaries.multimedia.vintage-film.d 0 1 y
alt.fan.zagadka 0 1 y
.
quit
205 .
Connection closed by foreign host.
[root@news radius]#

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2000-01-05 16:44:59 UTC
inn-2.2.2 is in Raw Hide.


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