From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Thu Mar 21 17:21:16 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E3A31548BF5 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:21:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-qt1-x82f.google.com (mail-qt1-x82f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::82f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A3466E485 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:21:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-qt1-x82f.google.com with SMTP id w30so7481641qta.8 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:21:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=C3xNOac986fgQDyBpaY1pZEEeg3at4EscBzFWat5t6g=; b=agweMSnrRAapNlGaV30RRXS+zM5RprIHBPwvgyFVHi1xLJmEPLTfvqhM8/b/3fm57i enQR/3RYt5ZpuJl6gx9IFiQV3va1+LfXe0h3NPTH3YYbQhXAbWcKVU8165GT7voUfi4N K7rMmtJD7OVm1hiFYPB44F4QmtWIV1gsx7sY29Xj/0vyImv53P71h89TSqQHNAvl0ZYE TFTTTJSfZ3EZZi9xjTBONzlboqXfHOeoLTPX6DoF2CBFHykC8cY0c5Bio5hM5pANzOxl hqOu4Pjne0id9yfS36gGakEQBTvxc53A9YiHCzwnd9UxPj+3olGMCpN0lLxC/h0Lse+W G2QA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=C3xNOac986fgQDyBpaY1pZEEeg3at4EscBzFWat5t6g=; b=lGOl/WPhi/myrRdq6DXUXCikp1zfoghyCkgobAwduymX3ILwrFwV40sveWLLfX7T6E sYbgOKhcedWlZrXWVWg6Qnk6+1jbLPMC8Enbov6J1PQqd7t2KMkIB49who/9+whlFtfK Tg8e/a6tKucvroQ4VE5wD8cMcy0GApfPp6j5+vn+I8ZVMz3V5cDmT4iFwkaeOYibHyMz mAtskxu1jVZqAhGk5m1xQ4DcNJvXSMw4utBLf37V/XbqaH+c8dav41xl3gunKrGlWoKQ hCU2dBPgA8Alu0DjQwRExMjBbP9efI8o4UnPpCNrYY9MwxFE9JJdjvKGUqSfzSorWNl2 4ePg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVqSDZFQxhp5CRFuAFmDA5unjArwOF1/JyY2hjHYLgjOY6eKXe8 dOy+5Lwk3qjeBggXohjboDxo7u2ICWMH+kWzF4rmWxE6 X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxALrl9L3BBreI7Box40+FzBf2zhBHqvnSw3FhXG5QvWSI3y3JgbKHDMr0GPMWlgx30P3mNidipTqhkUkwl9wU= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:9e9a:: with SMTP id r26mr4073585qvd.57.1553188875535; Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:21:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <201903210647.x2L6lNb6045456@repo.freebsd.org> <8cbcb45384bdf9af7f6ac0ba26121efa6a7b5669.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <8cbcb45384bdf9af7f6ac0ba26121efa6a7b5669.camel@freebsd.org> From: Warner Losh Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:21:04 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r345365 - head/bin/date To: Ian Lepore Cc: Warner Losh , src-committers , svn-src-all , svn-src-head X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 1A3466E485 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.96 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.96)[-0.957,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:21:16 -0000 On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 9:24 AM Ian Lepore wrote: > On Thu, 2019-03-21 at 06:47 +0000, Warner Losh wrote: > > Author: imp > > Date: Thu Mar 21 06:47:23 2019 > > New Revision: 345365 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/345365 > > > > Log: > > Remove -n flag, fix setting date / time > > > > IMO, the -n flag should still be accepted, but ignored, to provide > compatibility with anybody's old scripts or other automation that uses > date -n, since the new default behavior is exactly what the old -n flag > provided. > > On the other hand, the fact that date(1) has failed to set the date for > about 3 months shows that it isn't a heavily-used command. > I read this a few hours ago and thought "nope, well, maybe" and set it aside. I'm still ambivalent. I've never used -n when setting the date in my entire career. I didn't even know what it was when this bug was brought up. so on the one hand it's easy enough to ignore, on the other we have enough ignore for compatibility junk in the tree... Warner