Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-26 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 25 May 1999, you wrote: >Russel Coker wrote: > >> I intend to release a package of a little library I'm working on >> called "fakedate". This will wrap the time() system call and make >> applications think that they are running on a different date. > >You might also be interested in these t

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-26 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 26 May 1999, you wrote: >on linux-kernel there was once a posting for an app, that could trap any >system call and make the kernel return different results. >think like strace, but allows to reprogram system calls. > >i'm sorry, i don't know where the program was, >but maybe you like to sea

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-26 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
on linux-kernel there was once a posting for an app, that could trap any system call and make the kernel return different results. think like strace, but allows to reprogram system calls. i'm sorry, i don't know where the program was, but maybe you like to search and look at this approach. andrea

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-26 Thread Bart Schuller
On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 06:43:12PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 02:32:16PM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote: > >[...regarding time-travel library...] > > > >Or a clever wrapper for shareware style trial packages for linux > >that stop working after a certian time. I do

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-26 Thread Joseph Carter
On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 02:32:16PM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote: >[...regarding time-travel library...] > >Or a clever wrapper for shareware style trial packages for linux >that stop working after a certian time. I don't think there are any >yet, but when lin= ux is popular there will

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-25 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
On 25 May 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Edward Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >[...regarding time-travel library...] > >Or a clever wrapper for shareware style trial packages for linux >that stop working after a certian time. I don't think there are any >yet, but when lin= ux i

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-25 Thread Dima Barsky
Russel Coker wrote: > I intend to release a package of a little library I'm working on > called "fakedate". This will wrap the time() system call and make > applications think that they are running on a different date. You might also be interested in these two packages: http://www.aivazian.demon

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-25 Thread Ben Pfaff
Edward Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...regarding time-travel library...] Or a clever wrapper for shareware style trial packages for linux that stop working after a certian time. I don't think there are any yet, but when lin= ux is popular there will be. Presumably such sharew

Re: ITP: fakedate

1999-05-25 Thread Edward Betts
On Tue, 25 May, 1999, Russell Coker wrote: > I intend to release a package of a little library I'm working on called > "fakedate". This will wrap the time() system call and make applications think > that they are running on a different date. This is designed to be used for > year 2000 testing but

ITP: fakedate

1999-05-25 Thread Russell Coker
I intend to release a package of a little library I'm working on called "fakedate". This will wrap the time() system call and make applications think that they are running on a different date. This is designed to be used for year 2000 testing but could be used for many other situations (EG if the