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bug#62647: [INSTALL] grep: re-fix Y2038 bug on glibc 2.34+ x86, ARM
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arnold |
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bug#62647: [INSTALL] grep: re-fix Y2038 bug on glibc 2.34+ x86, ARM |
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Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:43:03 -0600 |
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Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 2023-04-03 23:35, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> > Why in the world does grep even care about timestamps on files?
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> The same reason 'awk' does. grep calls stat, fstat, etc., and the call
> fails with errno == EOVERFLOW if the file's timestamp is past the year 2038.
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> For the same reason I expect that awk, too, should use AC_SYS_YEAR2038
> or its equivalent.
Wow! That's all news to me!
I will have to look into this.
Thanks,
Arnold