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Re: [Findutils-patches] bug#29033: [platform-testers] new snapshot avail
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: [Findutils-patches] bug#29033: [platform-testers] new snapshot available: gzip-1.8.32-4606 |
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Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:27:30 -0800 |
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On 12/11/17 15:22, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 11/11/2017 03:30 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> Hi Pádraig, Bernhard,
>>
>> You may have seen that Paul made the gnulib module 'year2038' [1] useful for
>> all
>> platforms, especially Linux/i386.
>>
>> I think it would be a good idea for coreutils and findutils to include this
>> module,
>> in order to raise awareness of the year 2038 problem for those people who
>> build
>> binaries that will be in use for a long time (e.g. embedded and busybox
>> environments).
>>
>> Bruno
>>
>> [1]
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Avoiding-the-year-2038-problem.html
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> Good idea - patch attached.
+1
thanks!