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254359SrobertoAT&T Freeware Year 2000 Certification
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454359Sroberto
554359SrobertoThis is the "readme" file for the freeware application which has 
654359Srobertobeen certified by AT&T Labs as part of the "Freeware Y2K 
754359SrobertoCertification Project".
854359Sroberto
954359SrobertoDISCLAIMER
1054359Sroberto----------
1154359Sroberto    For its own internal business purposes AT&T Labs has
1254359Sroberto    assessed various programs obtained from the Internet for
1354359Sroberto    Year-2000 (Y2K) readiness that were not sufficiently certified
1454359Sroberto    for AT&T's needs.  As a service to the computing community
1554359Sroberto    AT&T Labs is freely releasing this information to the
1654359Sroberto    public as a series of "Y2K Application Updates", one update
1754359Sroberto    for what AT&T Labs considers an "application".
1854359Sroberto
1954359Sroberto    For use outside of AT&T, AT&T Labs is not certifying this
2054359Sroberto    information is correct, that any software, including repairs
2154359Sroberto    and tests, will help others in any way, survive the year
2254359Sroberto    2000, nor work with current applications. Nor is AT&T
2354359Sroberto    taking any responsibility for repairing any Y2K problems
2454359Sroberto    that were overlooked nor repairing any bugs in any
2554359Sroberto    "Y2K Application Update". All risk of using this Y2K
2654359Sroberto    Application Update remains with the user who is expected
2754359Sroberto    to test that this update meets their needs.
2854359Sroberto
2954359Sroberto    LICENSE TO USE
3054359Sroberto    AT&T's intent is to ensure these Y2K patches are freely
3154359Sroberto    available to the public but will not maintain a public web site
3254359Sroberto    for their distribution. Any copyright claims only only apply to 
3354359Sroberto    the specific changes made by Y2K to the code. Any original 
3454359Sroberto    copyright holders retain rights to unchanged code. Wherever 
3554359Sroberto    possible patches will be returned to the current owner(s) of the code.
3654359Sroberto
3754359Sroberto    Owners and publishers are free to incorporate appropriate patches,
3854359Sroberto    upgrades, and tests within legal future distributions as long as
3954359Sroberto    they include the credit:
4054359Sroberto
4154359Sroberto      Various Y2K updates and tests provided by AT&T Labs.
4254359Sroberto      Copyright 1999 AT&T.
4354359Sroberto
4454359Sroberto    and any AT&T "comments" on the changed code remain intact.
4554359Sroberto
4654359Sroberto    Any distributions of the updates must keep the entire update
4754359Sroberto    intact, without any change, including copyright and disclaimer
4854359Sroberto    information.  If integrated with the original application items
4954359Sroberto    not needed for an integrated release may be omitted. When
5054359Sroberto    distributed on the same media as the original application there
5154359Sroberto    must be no charge for this "Y2k Application Update".
5254359Sroberto
5354359Sroberto    CONTACTS
5454359Sroberto    If you find any overlooked Y2K problems, or have other strictly Y2K
5554359Sroberto    repairs for the software, please E-mail:
5654359Sroberto
5754359Sroberto            y2k@y2k.labs.att.com
5854359Sroberto
5954359Sroberto    This address is strictly reserved for the topic at hand.
6054359Sroberto    AT&T makes no commitments to answer any E-mail
6154359Sroberto    to this address.  AT&T is free to use any submissions,
6254359Sroberto    including publishing in future Y2K related release notes,
6354359Sroberto    without payment or advance notice to the submitting person or
6454359Sroberto    persons... appropriate credit will be given in any future
6554359Sroberto    publications to the first person submitting something that
6654359Sroberto    AT&T uses.
6754359Sroberto
6854359Sroberto
6954359Sroberto======================================================================
7054359Sroberto
7154359SrobertoPerl  ver - 4.036 
7254359SrobertoNo. of Repairs: 2 Repairs
7354359SrobertoCompilation of Patches Required: No
7454359SrobertoOS Tested: Solaris 2.6
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7754359Sroberto
7854359SrobertoORGANIZATION OF THE "Y2KFixes" DIRECTORY
7954359Sroberto
8054359SrobertoThe "Y2KFixes" directory has been included in the archive to give
8154359Srobertoyou information about the Y2K testing that was conducted and their
8254359Srobertoresults.
8354359Sroberto
8454359SrobertoThe Y2KFixes directory contains at least the following three files:
8554359Sroberto|----> NOTES.y2kfixes    -- Technical details about the Y2K Testing
8654359Sroberto|----> Readme.y2kfixes   -- this Readme file
8754359Sroberto|----> Results.y2kfixes  -- The results of Y2K Environment Tests
8854359Sroberto
8954359SrobertoThe directory may contain additional files and/or directories, as 
9054359Srobertoappropriate to the application, to provide the exact snapshots.
9154359Sroberto
9254359Sroberto
9354359Sroberto======================================================================
9454359Sroberto
9554359SrobertoINSTALLING THE "PATCHES"
9654359Sroberto
9754359SrobertoIf you have downloaded a "patch", then you may install it as follows:
9854359Sroberto
9954359Sroberto    At the same level as the source directory, invoke:
10054359Sroberto
10154359Sroberto	patch -p < *.patches 
10254359Sroberto
10354359SrobertoThe patch file contains a header which has a manifest of changed files.
10454359Sroberto
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10654359Sroberto
10754359SrobertoADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS:
10854359Sroberto
10954359Sroberto
11054359Sroberto1) Extract the patches into perl-4.036 directory which is top level directory
11154359Sroberto   for the perl4 source.
11254359Sroberto
11354359Sroberto2) cd to Y2KFixes.
11454359Sroberto
11554359Sroberto3) It will have y2k directory which contains regression tests for Y2K testing.
11654359Sroberto
11754359Sroberto4) now cd to ../t which contains TEST file for running this regression tests.
11854359Sroberto
11954359Sroberto5) run TEST, see the results  & apply patches.
12054359Sroberto
12154359Sroberto6) Once you apply the patch, you need to run a shell script in x2p/find2perl.SH
12254359Sroberto   which will generate find2perl.
12354359Sroberto
12454359Sroberto
12554359Sroberto======================================================================
12654359Sroberto
12754359SrobertoSUPPORT
12854359Sroberto
12954359SrobertoSee http://y2k.labs.att.com/freeware.  There will be no ongoing 
13054359Srobertosupport for the project. But if you have some very important issue, 
13154359Srobertoyou may email us at: y2k@y2k.labs.att.com
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