date: ulimit -v 15850; date +%100000 panics
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Description
See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/12497#issuecomment-4721914070 .
The hack introduced at the linked PR should be removed when this is fixed.
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Research direction
Start with the linked pull request comment and reproduce ulimit -v 15850; date +%100000 in the repository. Trace the date implementation and the hack introduced by that PR; done means the command no longer panics under the memory limit and the temporary hack can be removed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100