[Bug 1880968] Re: fixrtc fails due to bad format of input to the date command

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This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.136ubuntu6.2

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initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.2) focal; urgency=medium

  * Trim leading whitespaces in dumpe2fs output so date command
    is happy in the fixrtc script (LP: #1880968)

 -- Alfonso Sanchez-Beato (email Canonical) <alfonso.sanchez-
beato at canonical.com>  Wed, 27 May 2020 16:52:16 +0200

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  fixrtc fails due to bad format of input to the date command

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Focal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The fixrtc script is failing with message:

  date: invalid date '          Wed Apr  1 17:23:44 2020'

  when calling the date command. It looks like it does not like the
  leading spaces for the input date. The date is taken from 'dumpe2fs
  -h' ouptput, and some clean-up on it happens, but it looks like it is
  not enough for BusyBox' date command, at least for the version in
  focal.

  Backporting this to focal is needed.

  [Impact]

  The system date shown on first boot is incorrect, which can be
  problematic on first boot if at that point in time there is no network
  connection. If fixrtc works correctly at least we get the date of the
  last time the rootfs was mounted, which is modern enough to avoid
  problems with snap assertions validation, etc.

  [Test case]

  Boot an image with fixrtc in the kernel command line in a system with
  no network. snap seeding will fail without the patch.

  [Regression Potential]

  Quite small, as the fix is small and targeted.

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