diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/ntp/readme.y2kfixes')
-rw-r--r-- | contrib/ntp/readme.y2kfixes | 131 |
1 files changed, 131 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ntp/readme.y2kfixes b/contrib/ntp/readme.y2kfixes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4518770 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/ntp/readme.y2kfixes @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ + +AT&T Freeware Year 2000 Certification +==================================== + +This is the "readme" file for the freeware application which has +been certified by AT&T Labs as part of the "Freeware Y2K +Certification Project". + +DISCLAIMER +---------- + For its own internal business purposes AT&T Labs has + assessed various programs obtained from the Internet for + Year-2000 (Y2K) readiness that were not sufficiently certified + for AT&T's needs. As a service to the computing community + AT&T Labs is freely releasing this information to the + public as a series of "Y2K Application Updates", one update + for what AT&T Labs considers an "application". + + For use outside of AT&T, AT&T Labs is not certifying this + information is correct, that any software, including repairs + and tests, will help others in any way, survive the year + 2000, nor work with current applications. Nor is AT&T + taking any responsibility for repairing any Y2K problems + that were overlooked nor repairing any bugs in any + "Y2K Application Update". All risk of using this Y2K + Application Update remains with the user who is expected + to test that this update meets their needs. + + LICENSE TO USE + AT&T's intent is to ensure these Y2K patches are freely + available to the public but will not maintain a public web site + for their distribution. Any copyright claims only only apply to + the specific changes made by Y2K to the code. Any original + copyright holders retain rights to unchanged code. Wherever + possible patches will be returned to the current owner(s) of the code. + + Owners and publishers are free to incorporate appropriate patches, + upgrades, and tests within legal future distributions as long as + they include the credit: + + Various Y2K updates and tests provided by AT&T Labs. + Copyright 1999 AT&T. + + and any AT&T "comments" on the changed code remain intact. + + Any distributions of the updates must keep the entire update + intact, without any change, including copyright and disclaimer + information. If integrated with the original application items + not needed for an integrated release may be omitted. When + distributed on the same media as the original application there + must be no charge for this "Y2k Application Update". + + CONTACTS + If you find any overlooked Y2K problems, or have other strictly Y2K + repairs for the software, please E-mail: + + y2k@y2k.labs.att.com + + This address is strictly reserved for the topic at hand. + AT&T makes no commitments to answer any E-mail + to this address. AT&T is free to use any submissions, + including publishing in future Y2K related release notes, + without payment or advance notice to the submitting person or + persons... appropriate credit will be given in any future + publications to the first person submitting something that + AT&T uses. + + +====================================================================== + +Perl ver - 4.036 +No. of Repairs: 2 Repairs +Compilation of Patches Required: No +OS Tested: Solaris 2.6 + +====================================================================== + +ORGANIZATION OF THE "Y2KFixes" DIRECTORY + +The "Y2KFixes" directory has been included in the archive to give +you information about the Y2K testing that was conducted and their +results. + +The Y2KFixes directory contains at least the following three files: +|----> NOTES.y2kfixes -- Technical details about the Y2K Testing +|----> Readme.y2kfixes -- this Readme file +|----> Results.y2kfixes -- The results of Y2K Environment Tests + +The directory may contain additional files and/or directories, as +appropriate to the application, to provide the exact snapshots. + + +====================================================================== + +INSTALLING THE "PATCHES" + +If you have downloaded a "patch", then you may install it as follows: + + At the same level as the source directory, invoke: + + patch -p < *.patches + +The patch file contains a header which has a manifest of changed files. + +====================================================================== + +ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS: + + +1) Extract the patches into perl-4.036 directory which is top level directory + for the perl4 source. + +2) cd to Y2KFixes. + +3) It will have y2k directory which contains regression tests for Y2K testing. + +4) now cd to ../t which contains TEST file for running this regression tests. + +5) run TEST, see the results & apply patches. + +6) Once you apply the patch, you need to run a shell script in x2p/find2perl.SH + which will generate find2perl. + + +====================================================================== + +SUPPORT + +See http://y2k.labs.att.com/freeware. There will be no ongoing +support for the project. But if you have some very important issue, +you may email us at: y2k@y2k.labs.att.com |