GNU bug report logs - #7365
stat bug: %Z appends .000000000

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: IgnorantGuru <ignorantguru <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 7365 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: James Youngman <jay <at> gnu.org>
To: IgnorantGuru <ignorantguru <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, 7365 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7365: stat bug: %Z appends .000000000
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:52:04 +0000

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:24 PM, IgnorantGuru
<ignorantguru <at> users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation - I definitely think maintaining backward compatibility is a better approach.  There is far too much breakage of software in linux as it is.

FWIW, GNU findutils does the same thing.   I don't think anybody
complained about this.

James.
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