Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/at

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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.