NetBSD Problem Report #8590

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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 15:17:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: yanek@ifxcorp.com
Reply-To: yanek@ifxcorp.com
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: y2k crashes X
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>Number:         8590
>Category:       y2k
>Synopsis:       y2k crashes X
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    y2k-manager
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Oct 09 10:06:00 +0000 1999
>Closed-Date:    Tue Nov 02 02:49:33 +0000 1999
>Last-Modified:  Tue Nov 02 03:26:09 +0000 1999
>Originator:     Yanek Martinson
>Release:        1.4
>Organization:
IFX Corp
>Environment:
NetBSD yanix 1.4 NetBSD 1.4 (YANIX) #10: Thu Jul 22 17:53:01 PDT 1999     root@yanix:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/YANIX i386


>Description:

Changing system date (using 'date' command) from within an
xterm crashes the entire X server.

This is has also been reproduced on Solaris, Linux and 
Digital Unix (Alpha) so is not specific to NetBSD not even
to Xfree.
>How-To-Repeat:

in an xterm, change system date past 2000
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: cgd@netbsd.org (Chris G. Demetriou)
To: yanek@ifxcorp.com
Cc: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: Re: y2k/8590: y2k crashes X
Date: 09 Oct 1999 11:52:23 -0700

 yanek@ifxcorp.com writes:
 > in an xterm, change system date past 2000

 this is not a y2k problem, it occurs if you set the date sufficiently
 far in the future.

 if you wish to test for y2k problems, set the date early in system
 startup, or set the date and reboot.  a large time change like that is
 likely to screw up many 'large and complex' programs like X.


 cgd
 -- 
 Chris Demetriou - cgd@netbsd.org - http://www.netbsd.org/People/Pages/cgd.html
 Disclaimer: Not speaking for NetBSD, just expressing my own opinion.

From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
To: yanek@ifxcorp.com
Cc: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: Re: y2k/8590: y2k crashes X
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 18:42:16 -0500 (CDT)

 On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 yanek@ifxcorp.com wrote:

 > This is has also been reproduced on Solaris, Linux and 
 > Digital Unix (Alpha) so is not specific to NetBSD not even
 > to Xfree.
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 
 > in an xterm, change system date past 2000

 I can't reproduce the problem with NetBSD-1.4.1-19991005, mac68k,
 XFree86 3.3.5. The mouse did appear to freeze momentarily, but it does
 that alot, the mac being as slow as it is.

 root-> /bin/date
 Sat Oct  9 18:33:19 CDT 1999
 root-> date 200410091836

 2004/10/09 18:36:00
 root-> /bin/date
 Sat Oct  9 18:36:34 CDT 2004
 root-> /usr/pkg/bin/ntpdate -b ntp
  9 Oct 18:38:38 ntpdate[416]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
  9 Oct 18:37:23 ntpdate[416]: step time server 207.229.143.17 offset
  -157852877.281496 sec
 root-> /bin/date
 Sat Oct  9 18:37:29 CDT 1999
 root-> uname -v
 NetBSD 1.4.1 (CORWIN) #24: Wed Oct  6 09:13:15 CDT 1999
  fredb@corwin.home:/usr/src/sys/arch/mac68k/compile/CORWIN



From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
To: yanek@ifxcorp.com
Cc: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: re: y2k/8590: y2k crashes X 
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:14:47 +1000

 i can not reproduce this under NetBSD/sparc with the -current `xsrc'
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: fair 
State-Changed-When: Tue Oct 12 10:11:03 PDT 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Problem as reported cannot be reproduced - more details are required to 
resolve this Problem Report. 

From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.ORG
Cc:  Subject: Re: y2k/8590: y2k crashes X (fwd)
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 17:35:18 -0600 (CST)

 I believe we can close this.


 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 12:19:38 -0800
                   ^^^^   
 From: Yanek Martinson <yanek@ifxcorp.com>
 To: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
 Subject: Re: y2k/8590: y2k crashes X

 Hi,

 Apparently it's not a y2k bug, it's just crashes whenever 
 the date is set far enough forward.

 Thanks,

 Yanek.

State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: fredb 
State-Changed-When: Mon Nov 1 20:49:33 CST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Submitter indicates PR was filed in error. 
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