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bug#8572: du/bigtime skip reason


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#8572: du/bigtime skip reason
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:54:12 -0700
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On 04/27/11 16:21, Bruno Haible wrote:
> $ ./coreutils-8.12-64bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $?
> 0
> 
> $ ./coreutils-8.12-32bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $?
> ./coreutils-8.12-32bit/src/touch: invalid date format address@hidden'
> 1
> 
> I would argue that when entering a date, this should not happen.

Is it the message "invalid date format" that's the problem?
So you're suggesting that the message be improved to say "date out of range", or
something like that?  That would make sense; I'm just trying to make
sure that's what you're asking for.





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