GNU bug report logs - #32342
[PATCH] Do not store mtime when compressing stdin

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Message #23 received at 32342 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: "Bernhard M. Wiedemann" <bwiedemann <at> suse.de>, 32342 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32342: [PATCH] Allow to override time_stamp with
 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 18:12:02 +0200

On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 08/02/2018 02:03 AM, Bernhard M. Wiedemann wrote:
>>
>> +        if ((source_date_epoch = getenv("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH")) == NULL ||
>> (stamp = strtol(source_date_epoch, NULL, 10))
>
>
> That won't work after 2038 on x32. Also, I'm leery of having environment
> variables affect standard utilities' behavior, though perhaps we could
> shoehorn this in.

I had the same initial negative reaction to adding support for an
envvar, but given the minor effect and worthy goal, I think the
balance has tipped in favor of allowing this one.

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