[Announce] Inf-y2kfix: patching old Informix tools for Y2k handling

Inf-y2kfix is a program for patching old (pre-DBCENTURY) Informix database engines and development tools to properly handle dates with two-digit years in the next century. It doesn't attempt to emulate DBCENTURY rules, but simply introduces a fixed 100-year window and lets you select the pivot year (which defaults to 50). The program currently works for statically linked SCO UNIX (COFF) executables and those Informix products that I have had access to. Specifically, it was written to fix the following software: INFORMIX-SE Version 4.00.UD4 INFORMIX-SQL Version 4.00.UE2 INFORMIX-4GL Version 4.00.UE3 INFORMIX-4GL Development System Version 4.00.UG1A4 If you are interested, see http://solair.eunet.yu/~iian/informix.html where you will find the program itself and a more detailed description of its operation. The program is GPL'ed and distributed as a gzipped source-code archive. i. -- Ivan Nejgebauer <iso.org.dod.internet.ian@uns.ns.ac.yu> The above address is valid, but leads to a spam-trap mailbox which is not scanned regularly. Hint for vi users: d2ti will produce the real address.