GNU bug report logs - #23600
25.1.50; encode-time returns wrong result

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp>

Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 22:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 23600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp, 23600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 25.1.50; encode-time returns wrong result
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2016 05:47:27 +0300

> Cc: kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp, 23600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 15:18:43 -0700
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > I think it would be cleaner if we copied the string before modifying
> > it.
> 
> Other parts of Emacs modify the string in place and expect the modifications to 
> affect the time zone setting, so in general it won't work to copy the string, 
> modify the copy, and pass the copy's address to putenv.

Too bad.
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