[Bug 2142588] Re: date: gnu date allows options after format

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This bug was fixed in the package libtpms - 0.10.2-2ubuntu1

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libtpms (0.10.2-2ubuntu1) resolute; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #2143072). Remaining changes:
    - d/rules: set -D_FLAGS_SOURCE=3 to avoid FTBFS (LP #2136755)
    - d/rules: set -O2 to avoid FTBFS in ppc64el (LP #2136757)
  * New changes:
    - d/p/0003-set-man-page-date-to-last-changelog.patch: reorder date
      command to put format at the end (LP: #2142875, #2142588)

libtpms (0.10.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Backport patch to fix FTBFS with glibc 2.43 (Closes: #1126816)
  * Drop Rules-Requires-Root, now defaults to no
  * Add Origin: to 0003-set-man-page-date-to-last-changelog.patch

 -- Ural Tunaboyu <ural.tunaboyu at canonical.com>  Fri, 27 Feb 2026
10:41:54 -0800

** Changed in: libtpms (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  date: gnu date allows options after format

Status in rust-coreutils:
  Fix Released
Status in aide package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in libtpms package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in strace package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  found with installs and tests for `aide`. From upstream, likely
  affects `strace` as well. Already committed upstream, so awaiting
  release > 0.6.0

  
  from upstream bug

  https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10972

  date (uutils coreutils) 0.6.0 on Ubuntu 26.04

  date -u -d 'Mon Feb 16 09:21:27 UTC 2026' '+%Y-%m-%d'
  2026-02-16

  date -u '+%Y-%m-%d' -d 'Mon Feb 16 09:21:27 UTC 2026'
  date: extra operand '-d'

  GNU coreutils Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu1)

  gnudate -u +%Y-%m-%d -d 'Mon Feb 16 09:21:27 UTC 2026'
  2026-02-16

  Noticed it because strace autoconfig script failed.

  date: extra operand '-d'
  ./build-aux/file-date-gen: Invalid date: 2023-11-21
  configure.ac:21: error: assert failed: 1 == 0
  aclocal.m4:2405: st_esyscmd_s is expanded from...
  configure.ac:21: the top level
  autom4te: error: m4 failed with exit status: 1

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