Re: The freeze, Nethack, and Y2K compliance
On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 05:08:15PM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> I maintain the nethack package, and as many folks are aware, it's
> not Y2K-compliant (uses %2d for the year in the log files).
Are the log files of nethack evaluated by any program? In other words, what
breaks if it starts to wrap around? If only human read this, there is not a
problem.
> C) panic and run around like a chicken without a head
Definitely. Be sure to sacrifice the chicken to the Millenium Bug
afterwards.
Thanks,
Marcus
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