Bruno Haible via GNU coreutils General Discussion <[email protected]>
writes:

> Backwards-incompatible changes were done in Gnulib yesterday:
>
>
> Date        Modules         Changes
>
> 2025-10-31  nstrftime       The return type changed from size_t to ptrdiff_t.
>                             The return value in case of failure changed from 0
>                             to -1.
>
> 2025-10-31  fprintftime     The return value in case of failure changed from 0
>                             to -1.
>
>
> Find attached a patch to adapt coreutils to the 'nstrftime' change.
> Tested with "make check" and "make syntax-check".
>
> The fprintftime change does not need updates in coreutils. But it would be
> an opportunity to strengthen the error handling (i.e. what happens if
> fprintftime fails).

Thanks. Your patches look good at first glace, but I haven't tested
them.

I will let Paul handle this, since I have a feeling he may have some
more changes to these modules before updating.

Collin

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