On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 10:51:03AM +0000, Thomas Ribbrock Design/DEG" wrote:
> Ok, I've found a bit more about this:
>
> According to Red Hat's own Y2K pages
> (http://www.redhat.com/legal/y2k_statement.html) or more specifically, the
> report done for Red Hat by "The Software Laboratory" (never heard of
> them before - report URL: http://www.redhat.com/legal/test_report.pdf)
> both Red Hat Linux 5.2 and 6.0 were tested "OK". However, on *both*
> systems libc was found to have a "non-Y2K related date issue in strptime".
> There was a second date problem, also non-Y2K related mentioned in another
> program.
>
Have a read of the PDF (or PS) file they offer on the same page. Although
they say 'libc' 'fails', it's not due to Y2K, just a potential due to the
'interpretation of the manual page'.
Of course, nothing beats your own testing with your own hardware and suite
of applications...
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