bug#62497: closed (maybe date -f <directory> should generate an error)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #62497,
regarding maybe date -f <directory> should generate an error
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> maybe date -f <directory> should generate an error
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> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:44:40 +0200
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> Hello
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> The usual case is:
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> $ echo "2023-03-27 08:30:00" > dates.txt
> $ echo "2023-04-01 12:00:00" >> dates.txt
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> $ /usr/bin/date -f dates.txt
> Mon Mar 27 08:30:00 CEST 2023
> Sat Apr 1 12:00:00 CEST 2023
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> If done on a non existing file, we get:
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> $ date -f non-existing
> /usr/bin/date: non-existing: No such file or directory
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> Maybe it should do the same on a directory:
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>  $ /usr/bin/date -f /
> doesn't show anything and return 0
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> Cheers,
> Sylvestre
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Thanks for reporting that. I installed the attached to fix it.

0001-date-diagnose-f-read-errors.patch
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