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

[Marius Bakke]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> Morning!
>
> Marius Bakke <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Hi Leo!
>>>
>>> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:
>>>
>>>> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
>>>>
>>>>> From 466a0ebad18ee5e38f280acf19ab19aadffa2206 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>>> From: Leo Famulari <address@hidden>
>>>>> 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 field.
>>>>> * gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-fix-time-zone-conversion.patch: New file.
>>>>> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
>>>>
>>>> LGTM, thanks!
>>>
>>> Was there anything wrong with this patch?  Otherwise I still think it’s
>>> worth applying to ‘master’.
>>
>> It depends on this gnulib patch, which does not apply cleanly and needs
>> a rather difficult backport:
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>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=4e6e16b3f43ce96302b1e52e48730c1f15e18c14
>
> Oh right, sorry for being sloppy.
>
> A while back you suggested using directly 8.27 as the replacement:
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>   https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26238#32
>
> I think it would be a good idea.
>
> Thoughts?

Here is a WIP patch that adds a graft for coreutils 8.27. I stole Leos
code for the (gnu packages commencement) part. It builds with
`./pre-inst-env guix build coreutils`, but my after reconfiguring my
system on it, `date --version` still shows 8.26.

Any idea what's wrong?

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