Bernhard Voelker asks:
> Just out of curiosity: how did you find out?
By source code inspection.
I wanted to know how much trouble it would make to rename the module,
and see whether I was the only one who feels confused by this module.
Bruno
On 05/03/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> What exactly do you mean by "fell into ..."?
>
> I mean that the bootstrap.conf requests the module 'strftime', whose benefit
> is that it supports GNU extensions in the format string, but it does not get
> used.
>
> 'nstrftime' is meant to lift thi
Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> > 1) It suggests that it defines the function 'strftime', but in fact it
> > defines 'nstrftime'. GNU findutils fell into this pit: their
> > bootstrap.conf
> > requests the gnulib 'strftime' module but the coded doesn't use
> > nstrftime.
>
> What exactly d
[CC-ing bug-findutils@gnu.org]
On 04/30/2017 04:53 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> The name of the strftime module is misleading:
> 1) It suggests that it defines the function 'strftime', but in fact it
> defines 'nstrftime'. GNU findutils fell into this pit: their
> bootstrap.conf
> reques
