Short: LZX 1.21r 100% y2k bug fixed by dr.Titus Author: dr_Titus@chat.ru (dr.Titus) Uploader: magic_xtm@mtu-net.ru (MagiC^Extreme) Version: 1.0 Type: util/arc - Fixed following bugs in operations with LZX archives: * Wrong decoding of date of files which are created after year of 2000 * Wrong decoding of date of archives which are created after year of 2000 * Rollback to 1970 year take a place after the year of 2006 (and switching to six-month count system) * Expanded years range to 2041 by using reserved (in LZX only) year numbers 1970-1977, which aren't used by AmigaDos Resume: supported range of years increased to maximal possible: 1978-2041. - Fixed following bugs in operations with LHA archives: * Wrong decoding of date of files which are created after year of 2000 * Wrong decoding of date of archives which are created after year of 2000 Resume: supported range of years: 1980-2079. Note: not fixed LHA archiver incorrectly encodes date of files which are created after year of 2011. - Usage: * download lzx121r.lha from Aminet (util/arc) and unarchive it to RAM: * next, copy contents of patch archive to the same place * start CLI, change path to RAM: and type following: for 68000/010: spatch -oLZX -pLZX_68000EC-r.pch LZX_68000EC-r for 68020/030: spatch -oLZX -pLZX_68020r.pch LZX_68020r for 68040/060: spatch -oLZX -pLZX_68040r.pch LZX_68040r * move fixed LZX executable to C: * you are able to test patched LZX by using enclosed test archives: Test_LHA.lzx and Test_LZX.lzx * send your reports and opinions to my e-mail Andrey Titov aka dr.Titus, e-mail: dr_Titus@chat.ru gratitude for "translation" of this text into english to Mac Buster^Extreme and S7reaM ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 168 141 16.0% 13-Jan-00 20:49:10 file_id.diz 3529 1481 58.0% 17-Jan-00 03:43:42 info.txt 492 433 11.9% 09-Jan-00 00:00:00 LZX_68000EC-r.pch 484 433 10.5% 09-Jan-00 00:00:00 LZX_68020r.pch 484 430 11.1% 09-Jan-00 00:00:00 LZX_68040r.pch 365 177 51.5% 09-Jan-00 00:00:00 Test_LHA.lzx 780 356 54.3% 09-Jan-00 00:00:00 Test_LZX.lzx -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 6302 3451 45.2% 20-Jan-100 22:29:40 7 files