GNU bug report logs - #29987
Problem when testing 'makeinfo' date output with 'date'

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 23:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>

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bug#29987; Package automake. (Thu, 04 Jan 2018 23:53:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: Problem when testing 'makeinfo' date output with 'date'
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:52:17 +0100

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When Running the test suite soon after midnight with CET time zone the
"t/txinfo-vtexi4.sh" test fails. 

"LC_ALL=C date" outputs the locale time whereas makeinfo use UTC timezone.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
mthl <at> localhost:~/src/automake$ date --version
date (GNU coreutils) 8.25
Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+ : GNU GPL version 3 ou ultérieure
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
C'est logiciel libre, vous êtes libre de le modifier et de le redistribuer.
Ce logiciel n'est accompagné d'ABSOLUMENT AUCUNE GARANTIE, dans les limites
autorisées par la loi applicable.
Écrit par David MacKenzie.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


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Mathieu Lirzin
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You have taken responsibility. (Sun, 02 Jan 2022 09:20:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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bug acknowledged by developer. (Sun, 02 Jan 2022 09:20:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
To: 29987-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Problem when testing 'makeinfo' date output with 'date'
Date: Sun,  2 Jan 2022 09:19:08 +0000 (UTC)

i believe this was fixed for automake-1.16.2
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?h=c64fa5a2bdbff8874e13aa7ad179c45a5aa52f29

from NEWS:
  - The automake test txinfo-vtexi4.sh no longer fails when localtime
    and UTC cross a day boundary.
bug archived. Request was from Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:09:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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