maint: require support for post-2038 timestamps

* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Replace year2038 with year2038-required.
coreutils · Apr 10, 2023 · ffd62ab · ffd62ab
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   Previously it deduced the size of inputs while leaving the offset unchanged.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-8.27]
 
+  Coreutils programs no longer fail for timestamps past the year 2038
+  on obsolete configurations with 32-bit signed time_t, because the
+  build procedure now rejects these configurations.
+  [This bug was present in "the beginning".]
+
 ** Changes in behavior
 
   'cp -n' and 'mv -n' now issue an error diagnostic if skipping a file,

diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ gnulib_modules="
   xstrtol-error
   xstrtold
   xstrtoumax
-  year2038
+  year2038-required
   yesno
 "