[Bug 1888626] [NEW] hwclock -s fails with error: Invalid argument

[Robert Liu]

Public bug reported:

On Ubuntu 20.04, I found 'busybox hwclock -s' failed with "invalid
argument" error, but hwclock of util-linux works well.

On bugzilla of busybox, there's someone reported the same/similar issue:
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12756


$ apt policy busybox-static
busybox-static:
  Installed: 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.1
  Candidate: 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages

$ sudo busybox hwclock -s
hwclock: settimeofday: Invalid argument

I tried to apply the patch on the bugzilla page, and it does resolve the
issue.

** Affects: busybox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  hwclock -s fails with error: Invalid argument

Status in busybox package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu 20.04, I found 'busybox hwclock -s' failed with "invalid
  argument" error, but hwclock of util-linux works well.

  On bugzilla of busybox, there's someone reported the same/similar
  issue: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12756

  
  $ apt policy busybox-static
  busybox-static:
    Installed: 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.1
    Candidate: 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.1
    Version table:
   *** 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.1 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages

  $ sudo busybox hwclock -s
  hwclock: settimeofday: Invalid argument

  I tried to apply the patch on the bugzilla page, and it does resolve
  the issue.

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