Stan,
Where did the getdate.y source come from?
qa/752 is now failing everyday after I extended the scope of the testing
coverage.
I've tried to locate the original source for getdate.y without success.
The closest I can find is the (renamed from getdate.y) parse-datetime.y
in the lib dir from git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gnulib.git but this
contains at least one critical difference compared to getdate.y in the
area where qa/752 is breaking.
When we suck source code into PCP I think it is really important that we
(a) don't do it unless there is no choice (accepted in this case),
(b) clearly annotate the PCP source with the original source location
(c) where possible provide some mechanism to track and (better) refresh
our version when the external version moves (including reapplying
PCP-specific patches, as has obviously been done with getdate.y).
Any background would be most helpful.
Cheers, Ken.
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