Something seems to have changed with 2.83.0 to use full month name in RPM spec file changelog which outputs an rpmbuild error and prevents changelogs being added to the RPM as rpmbuild seems to only accept short month names.
To Reproduce
It has started since 2.83.0:
rpmbuild -ba SPECS/check_ssl_cert.spec
error: bad date in %changelog: Tue August 28 2024 Matteo Corti <matteo@corti.li> - 2.83.0-0
and affects latest version 2.83.1 too:
error: bad date in %changelog: Tue September 10 2024 Matteo Corti <matteo@corti.li> - 2.83.1-0
rpmbuild should build an RPM without error with changelogs, which it can do when the months are manually shortened e.g. August to Aug
System (please complete the following information):
OS: Rocky
OS version: 9
check_ssl_cert version: Since 2.83.0
OpenSSL version (openssl version): N/A
Additional context/output
rpmbuild on RHEL7 used to fail on this type of error and not produce an RPM, but on RHEL9 it seems to continue? Or maybe now I'm building in mock it hides it? Either way, behaviour has changed and date "+%a %b %d %Y" style format should probably be used. Thanks!
matteocorti
commented
2 months ago
Describe the bug
Something seems to have changed with 2.83.0 to use full month name in RPM spec file changelog which outputs an
rpmbuilderror and prevents changelogs being added to the RPM asrpmbuildseems to only accept short month names.To Reproduce
It has started since 2.83.0:
and affects latest version 2.83.1 too:
Previous version use short month which work:
Expected behavior
rpmbuildshould build an RPM without error with changelogs, which it can do when the months are manually shortened e.g.AugusttoAugSystem (please complete the following information):
openssl version): N/AAdditional context/output
rpmbuildon RHEL7 used to fail on this type of error and not produce an RPM, but on RHEL9 it seems to continue? Or maybe now I'm building inmockit hides it? Either way, behaviour has changed anddate "+%a %b %d %Y"style format should probably be used. Thanks!