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Re: date (1.16) doesn't return non-zero status when -s is used by non-su

From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: date (1.16) doesn't return non-zero status when -s is used by non-superuser
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:04:01 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) Emacs/21.0.107 
address@hidden (Kenny McCormack) wrote:
> %) date -s yesterday;echo $status
> date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted
> Mon Oct 22 20:09:19 EDT 2001
> 0
> %)
>
> Maybe fixed in a later version.  Anyone know?

Yes:

  $ date -s yesterday
  date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted
  Sun Oct 28 08:03:02 CET 2001
  [Exit 1]

The latest is here:
  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/sh-utils-2.0.11.tar.gz
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