GNU bug report logs - #55023
Issue with CP empty folder after y2038 on 32-bits Kernel

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Arnaud Panaïotis <arnaud.panaiotis <at> gmx.fr>

Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 11:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 55023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55023: Issue with CP empty folder after y2038 on 32-bits Kernel
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:56:24 +0100
On 29/04/2022 00:56, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 4/27/22 09:42, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> Marking this as done in the coreutils bug tracker,
>> now that this is being tracked in glibc.
> 
> This could also be worked around Gnulib for the benefit of 32-bit apps
> running with unpatched glibc 2.34 and 2.35, or glibc older than 2.34.
> Not sure it's worth the trouble, though, as the fixed glibc should be
> universal pretty much everywhere before the year 2038 rolls around.

Yes I was thinking about that,
and also thought it not necessary to deal with in gnulib.

thanks,
Pádraig.




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