Add a comment to document the non-presence of a Y2K bug, since people are getting...

diff --git a/common/parse.c b/common/parse.c
index ffc1d49d0855a21bcb6f92d2a7a592b71e845d89..f4268171d6adc7a5656a52e1acfe0449220acb63 100644 (file)
--- a/common/parse.c
+++ b/common/parse.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 #ifndef lint
 static char copyright[] =
-"$Id: parse.c,v 1.2 1997/05/09 08:08:53 mellon Exp $ Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 The Internet Software Consortium.  All rights reserved.\n";
+"$Id: parse.c,v 1.3 1998/03/15 20:53:12 mellon Exp $ Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 The Internet Software Consortium.  All rights reserved.\n";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #include "dhcpd.h"
@@ -515,6 +515,11 @@ TIME parse_date (cfile)
                        skip_to_semi (cfile);
                return (TIME)0;
        }
+
+       /* Note: the following is not a Y2K bug - it's a Y1.9K bug.   Until
+          somebody invents a time machine, I think we can safely disregard
+          it.   This actually works around a stupid Y2K bug that was present
+          in a very early beta release of dhcpd. */
        tm.tm_year = atoi (val);
        if (tm.tm_year > 1900)
                tm.tm_year -= 1900;