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Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior |
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Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:51:14 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Edgar Toernig <address@hidden> writes:
> Here's a patch.
That patch's revised documentation doesn't quite describe the code
code accurately, since "ago" isn't allowed just anywhere: it's allowed
only in some places.
More important, that patch doesn't fix the bug that prompted the
code being the way that it is now. Please see the thread rooted
here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-07/msg00178.html
People have mentioned shell scripts that depend on the old
(contrary-to-documentation) behavior. Can you please give some
specific examples of these scripts, by name, so that we can see these
uses in context? That might help us figure out a patch that will get
us out of this mess. Perhaps there's some interpretation that will
satisfy both sides.
- r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior, Mike Frysinger, 2006/04/19
- Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior, Paul Eggert, 2006/04/20
- Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior, The Wanderer, 2006/04/20
- Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior, Edgar Toernig, 2006/04/25
- Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior,
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- Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior, Edgar Toernig, 2006/04/25
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- Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior, Edgar Toernig, 2006/04/26
- Re: r1.100 of getdate.y changed 'ago' behavior, James Youngman, 2006/04/28