repopen 363011 !
thanks

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:33:02 +0000
M. Stone wrote:

> The info documentation does indicate that the "Date input formats"
> can be used for -d. The difficulty in finding that documentation
> continues to be the broken install-info program. If you use "info
> coreutils" and drill down to the date command, you will find it.

Consider how much less useful a dictionary would be if its pages were
printed in random order.  Data in an unexpected location ('date' info)
is as much a bug as no data.  Users expect either 'info touch' or 'man
touch' to have it. Please merge this bug with that 'install-info' bug
if it's not a 'coreutils' problem.

OTOH, it's almost 2 years unfixed, and I'd put odds it'll take two
more years.  The expedient kludge would be to add a little man page
text with an example.  A man page ought to define its own parameters
anyway, even if the info page has more detail.

HTH...



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