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From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: du/bigtime skip reason
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:21:00 +0200

Hi,

building coreutils 8.12 on a Linux 2.6.25.20, glibc 2.8 machine, "make check"
shows these lines in 32-bits only (not in 64-bit builds):

  bigtime: skipped test: file system cannot represent big time stamps
  SKIP: du/bigtime

The message suggests that it's a problem with the file system. But then,
why do I get the SKIP then in a 32-bit build and a PASS in a 64-bit build?

The answer is that the behaviour of the 'touch' program depends on whether
it is built in 32-bit mode or in 64-bit mode:

$ ./coreutils-8.12-64bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $?
0

$ ./coreutils-8.12-32bit/src/touch -d @922337203685477580 future; echo $?
./coreutils-8.12-32bit/src/touch: invalid date format `@922337203685477580'
1

I would argue that when entering a date, this should not happen. For numbers,
ok, but here a number is meant to be converted to a date.

Bruno
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