From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 13:00:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: date: avoid a duplicated write error diagnotic
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cb0ab4ef394c37c4f874f150db7f75f3ba617dd4;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

date: avoid a duplicated write error diagnotic

* src/show-date.c (show_date): Only show the fprintftime() diagnostic
if a further diagnostic will not be shown.
---

diff --git a/src/show-date.c b/src/show-date.c
index 96cefc8108..ff1470e8e0 100644
--- a/src/show-date.c
+++ b/src/show-date.c
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ show_date (char const *format, struct timespec when, timezone_t tz)
 
   if (fprintftime (stdout, format, &tm, tz, when.tv_nsec) < 0)
     {
-      error (0, errno, _("fprintftime error"));
+      if (! ferror (stdout))  /* otherwise it will be diagnosed later.  */
+        error (0, errno, _("fprintftime error"));
       return false;
     }