Hello,
Here is the promised summary for the posted problem.
On Nov 3 this problem was posted. I had 1 response from Nate Itkin
concerning 104854 patch for 2.5.1 unfortunately the problem
exists on 2.5.1.and 2.6.
The original query and test case are below: The date on the system
was set to 2020.
> Hello,
>
> Hopefully this is not an inappropriate question as it deals with Y2k
> issues.
>
> I am currently doing some testing of Y2K issues. I seem to have
> a problem with the following nroff sequence. The system has the latest
> patches pertaining to nroff and I still see this problem.
>
> As the use of this filter will be for many lines of data I would appreciate
> assistance from anyone who can verify the problem still exists or any
> workaround suggestions.
>
> For information this problem appears to be fixed on HP systems with their
> Y2K patch set.
> ------------------------------Cut Here-----------------------------------
> .de hd
> .br
> .tl ' Report Date: \\n(mo/\\n(dy/\\n(yr''PAGE: \\n)%'
> ..
> .hd
> hello
>
> ---------------------------- Cut Here end of test file -----------------
>
> Output of test sequence captured by script command
> Note the year is 120 not 20.
> The problem is the 1XX value not being XX,
>
> Script started on Wed Jan 01 01:05:00 2020
> # nroff /tmp/nrof
>
> Report Date: 1/1/120 PAGE: 01
> hello
>
>
> # exit
>
> script done on Wed Jan 01 01:05:14 2020
>
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> I will send a summary
>
> ---
Regards,
---
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