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Re:The FIP-FS “Microsoft” Scan Engine Failed. Can’t Convert ... by Taniwha on Saturday January 01, 2022 @06:51AM (#29757568)
For the record 2201010001 (ie today's date) is greater than the largest 32-bit signed int (while 2112310001 wasn't)
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Re:The FIP-FS “Microsoft” Scan Engine Failed. Can’t Convert ... by _dain_ on Saturday January 01, 2022 @08:05AM (#29757971)
Why on earth do they store it like that?
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Re:The FIP-FS “Microsoft” Scan Engine Failed. Can’t Convert ... by stillicidious on Saturday January 01, 2022 @08:20AM (#29758060)
The codebase is from at least 1996.
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Re:The FIP-FS “Microsoft” Scan Engine Failed. Can’t Convert ... by xereeto on Saturday January 01, 2022 @03:24PM (#29762317)
This bug could only have been introduced after 2000, because if it can't fit a number beginning with 22 it certainly can't fit one beginning with 96.
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