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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:29:58 -0500 (EST)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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Subject: Re: ISO9660 bug and loopback driver bug - a bigger problem then it would appear?
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Jesper Juhl wrote:
[SNIPPED year 2100 "bug"]
[SNIPPED year 2100 "bug" --fix!]

> 
> If the above is indeed correct, wouldn't it then be better to just do 
> those changes in 2.5.x instead of 2.4.x (and then maybe backport them 
> later)...

I suggest the changes wait until Version 99.99.  Many of the File Systems
affected won't even exist 98 years from now -and an 'int' will probably
be 256 bits.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).

        111,111,111 * 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

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