>>>>> Regarding http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505927 >>>>> "BSB" == Bernd Siggy Brentrup <b...@free-it.org> writes:
BSB> Hi, BSB> I'm currently evaluating at's wishlist bugs for my 'at' replacement BSB> 'at-ng' which is a complete rewrite from scratch. Uh oh, "at no good"? :-) BSB> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 05:49 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: >> Package: at >> Version: 3.1.10.2 >> Severity: wishlist >> >> At should be more flexible. Just use the date libraries instead of >> your own parser. >> $ at -v 'now + 5 years + 11 months' >> syntax error. Last token seen: + >> Garbled time >> $ date -d 'now + 5 years + 11 months' >> Fri Oct 17 03:53:15 CST 2014 >> However to get at to accept such a date, one needs: >> $ at -v $(date --rfc-3339=date -d 'now + 5 years + 11 months') >> Fri Oct 17 03:56:00 2014 >> warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh >> If at would use the same library as date -d, you could 1. parse lots >> more types of dates. 2. Eliminate maintenance of duplicate code. BSB> If there only were such a library, static or preferrably dynamic! BSB> ldd /bin/date shows there is no dynamic one and dpkg -L coreutils shows BSB> no static version either. BSB> I might get coreutils sources and use the relevant parts but that BSB> deprives me of my freedom to choose a license at my will. IANAL but BSB> in my understanding using GPLed source code means you must release BSB> everything under the GPL. I'll Cc the coreutils people and thus hook you up so you fellows can figure out the best way to reuse code. I'm a big Stallman http://jidanni.org/comp/index.html#rms fan, so any license of his is good with me. BSB> I'm not yet decided what to do, in particular when thinking about BSB> i18n which may demand to cope with cultural differences. How does BSB> date handle these? I recall its output was better than its input, but then on your at(1) man page you can say "if at(1) can't parse Chinese dates yet, blame date(1)"! BSB> Regards BSB> Siggy BSB> [1] https://launchpad.net/~at-ng BSB> not much there for now, but by next week there will be BSB> demos for the cli commands at & friends. Server-side BSB> will take somewhat longer.
