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Problem when testing 'makeinfo' date output with 'date'

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#29987: closed (Re: Problem when testing 'makeinfo' date
 output with 'date')
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2022 09:20:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#29987: Problem when testing 'makeinfo' date output with 'date'

which was filed against the automake package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 29987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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