Re: Fwd: bug in newlib strftime

[Paul Eggert]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> Should AC_FUNC_STRFTIME be updated to look for these
> non-compliance/security issues before deciding to set HAVE_STRFTIME,
> by using an AC_RUN_IFELSE on a variant of the program below?

I wouldn't bother.  strftime bugs are a dime a dozen, and if we have
Autoconf check for all of them then nobody would ever have a strftime.
I suggest adding such checks to the GNU strftime module's Autoconf
module.  This is the usual place that finicky apps go to when they
want a strftime with reliable behavior.  See:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/>