[Pkg-qof-maintainers] Bug#383746: qof: FTBFS (hppa, sparc, m68k): timezone failures - help required

[Clint Adams]

> Thanks, but I do need the output from the sid machine too, please.

I will rebuild it and send the trace.

> Please can you run this simple series (on all affected boxes):
> date -d"1995-03-26 06:00:00.000000000 +0000" +"%H %Z"
> date -u -d"1995-03-26 06:00:00.000000000 +0000" +"%H %Z"
> date -d"1995-03-26 06:00:00.000000000 +0500" +"%H %Z"
> date -u -d"1995-03-26 06:00:00.000000000 +0500" +"%H %Z"
> date -d"1995-03-26 06:00:00.000000000 -0500" +"%H %Z"
> date -u -d"1995-03-26 06:00:00.000000000 -0500" +"%H %Z"

On etch:

01 EST
06 UTC
20 EST
01 UTC
06 EST
11 UTC

On sid:

01 EST
06 UTC
20 EST
01 UTC
06 EST
11 UTC

> As these errors are machine-specific, I need to ensure that the debug
> output is from the correct machine. Is it possible to get the debug
> output on the original machine as well?

I do not have access to any of the sparc buildd machines.