Re: 19991230: Y2K Bug Fix for pqact program of the LDM

On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Celia Chen wrote:

> Robb,
> 
> I tried to use the pqact binary for iita which runs ldm-5.0.6 and
> unfortunately it didn't work for me.  Should I get the source 
> and compile it under 5.0.6? (The 5.0.6 I am running is a binary.)

Celia,

It looks like you will to build from latest source, since it's a linux
machine it shouldn't be a problem.

Robb...
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Celia
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Devin Kramer wrote:
> > 
> > > Robb,
> > > 
> > > Luckily it appears that the Solaris 2.6 binary for v5.0.8 works on my
> > > Solaris 2.5.1 box running ldm-v5.0.5.
> > 
> > Devin,
> > 
> > Great...
> > 
> > > If I may ask a silly question.. How did this get through a Y2K test?
> > 
> > I created a file with a WMO header  WWUS40 KDEN 0102 and then used
> > pqinsert to send to my local machine.  I checked the output directory for
> > the pqact entry for the created file. It was created correctly.
> > 
> > > Are most people using some format other than (\1:yy).. Does (\1:yyyy)
> > > work? Should we have switched long ago?
> > 
> > Both (\1:yy) and (\1:yyyy) work correctly.  It's always better to use the
> > latest LDM release. UPC doesn't have the resources to run older LDM
> > releases.
> > 
> > 
> > Robb...
> > > 
> > > Devin
> > 
> > > I have a binary version of ldm v5.0.5 running.. Can I use a 5.0.8 binary
> > > pqact in place of it or will that break  my ldm?
> > 
> > Devin,
> > 
> > I don't know for sure, here's what I would try:
> > 
> > % cd ~ldm/bin
> > % cp pqact pqact.sav
> > % ldmadmin stop
> > 
> > copy new binary version of pqact to ~ldm/bin
> > 
> > % chmod 775 pqact
> > % ldmadmin start       
> >  
> > Check the logs/ldmd.log file to see pqact started up OK.
> > 
> > Robb...
> > 
> > 
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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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