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Subject: bug#26238: core-updates: Fix time zone bug in `date` 8.26
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Morning!

Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hi Leo!
>>
>> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis:
>>
>>> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
>>>
>>>> From 466a0ebad18ee5e38f280acf19ab19aadffa2206 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>> From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
>>>> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:18:21 -0400
>>>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: coreutils: Fix a time-zone bug in date 8.26.
>>>>
>>>> * gnu/packages/base.scm (coreutils)[replacement]: New field.
>>>> (coreutils/fixed): New variable.
>>>> (coreutils-minimal)[source]: Use the source of coreutils/fixed.
>>>> * gnu/packages/commencement.scm (coreutils-final)[replacement]: New fi=
eld.
>>>> * gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-fix-time-zone-conversion.patch: New f=
ile.
>>>> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
>>>
>>> LGTM, thanks!
>>
>> Was there anything wrong with this patch?  Otherwise I still think it=E2=
=80=99s
>> worth applying to =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99.
>
> It depends on this gnulib patch, which does not apply cleanly and needs
> a rather difficult backport:
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=3D4e6e16b3f43ce96=
302b1e52e48730c1f15e18c14

Oh right, sorry for being sloppy.

A while back you suggested using directly 8.27 as the replacement:

  https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D26238#32

I think it would be a good idea.

Thoughts?

Ludo=E2=80=99.