Bug#448035: debian-policy: 822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)
"Kai Wb." <debian@carbon-project.org> writes:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.7.2.2
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch
>
> On page 20 (30 in the PDF) in the annotations/footnotes (number 8) it is
> stated that the RFC822-conform date is generated by the program
> 822-date. This program (Perl-Script) states that it is deprecated and
> one should use date -R instead. Is this a known thing to you? Or have
> you just missed it?
Thanks, this will be fixed in the next release.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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