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[bug #60372] remove obsolete (and somewhat misleading) Y2K info from gro
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Dave |
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[bug #60372] remove obsolete (and somewhat misleading) Y2K info from groff(7) |
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Date: |
Sun, 11 Apr 2021 22:43:22 -0400 (EDT) |
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Follow-up Comment #2, bug #60372 (project groff):
[comment #1 comment #1:]
> For better or worse, we're at the mercy of the system libc to
> get year 2038 right.
That's entirely appropriate; groff shouldn't attempt to reinvent anything in
libc, and if a system's libc is date-limited, incorrect dates in groff will be
among the less severe problems those users will experience come epoch
rollover.
So I agree, there's nothing here that needs to be addressed in the groff
documentation.
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