Re: coreutils-6.12.208-2441 and strtold

[Poor Yorick]

Bob Proulx wrote:
> Poor Yorick wrote:
> > >  From: Jim Meyering
> > >  That was done in v6.12-213-gcfe3602, with other, related changes.
> > >  You might want to try coreutils-7.0 or a newer snapshot.
> > Thanks,  the latest packaged snapshot I could find was 6.12.208-2441.  Could
> > you clue me on on how to obtain later versions, like the one you mentioned?  
>
> You can find them on alpha.gnu.org.
>
>   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/

looks old, and I don't see any 6.12-213-gcfe3602 up there       
> Alternatively you can build from version control.  This requires all
> of the development tools to be installed.
>
>   git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils
>
> The git version history can be browsed by the web interface.
>
>   http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git

Tried meyering.net/cu, but the latest version there is 208-2441

Couldn't check out coreutils at work because corporate firewall blocked 
everything but http access, which always hung during git-clone.  Finally got a 
copy of the repository at home, but no mention of 6.12-213-gcfe3602 in logs or 
tags.  Still clueless.  Where might I find the 6.12-213-gcfe3602 snapshot?

Basically, my goal is to find the most bug-fixed version of the 6.12 series. 
Perhaps what I really want is the v6.12 tag in git (git newbie here)?  But I'm 
curious how these various snapshots can be identified and found.  Help?

--
Yorick