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Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/at
Robert Elz wrote:
> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 06:31:53 +0000
> From: "Simon Burge" <simonb%netbsd.org@localhost>
> Message-ID: <20210402063153.773C7FA95%cvs.NetBSD.org@localhost>
>
> | Add an XXX reminder to convert at(1) to use parsedate(3) in <util.h>.
>
> If that's intended as an optional facility (at -d ... or something),
> then fine, but please don't make parsedate the standard way to input
> at dates (just as it isn't the standard way to set the date using date(1),
> it is way too fragile and cantankerous for something that should be reliable.
That's good to know about parsedate(3). I hadn't considered that what
looked more flexible could also be fragile and cantankerous :). I'll
revert that comment.
Cheers,
Simon.
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