[Error] `distrobox enter` fails to enter after creating container Error: parsing about distrobox HOT 7 CLOSED

So date +%FT%T.%N%:z outputs something like 2024-04-10T09:47:51.%N%:z for you, have you messed with the core system utilities (shouldn't they always be GNU coreutils on NixOS?)

I have a patch to make it (hopefully) universally compatible including with FreeBSD date(1) used on Chimera Linux at the cost of losing nanosecond accuracy which I perhaps should submit, no idea if that is desirable but I can't really think of a case where the sub-second accuracy is important personally.

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So date +%FT%T.%N%:z outputs something like 2024-04-10T09:47:51.%N%:z for you, have you messed with the core system utilities (shouldn't they always be GNU coreutils on NixOS?)

I have a patch to make it (hopefully) universally compatible including with FreeBSD date(1) used on Chimera Linux at the cost of losing nanosecond accuracy which I perhaps should submit, no idea if that is desirable but I can't really think of a case where the sub-second accuracy is important personally.

I don't believe I have messed with core system utilities. I can try out the patch though.

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What is your date --version? I couldn't reproduce your date output issue on Void Linux (GNU coreutils 9.4) which NixOS unstable should match according to https://search.nixos.org nor Arch Linux (GNU coreutils 9.5)

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What is your date --version? I couldn't reproduce your date output issue on Void Linux (GNU coreutils 9.4) which NixOS unstable should match according to https://search.nixos.org nor Arch Linux (GNU coreutils 9.5)

Okay, I did that and it looks like it was using the busybox one. I uninstalled busybox and it works now.

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Hm ok. So it seems distrobox should also be broken on Alpine-based hosts then with busybox (which I can check later) but I do wonder how you ended up with them being your primary provider for date and who knows what other commands.

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I guess I don't understand how that all works. Is there a way to prevent this if you have BusyBox installed?

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I've submitted the previously mentioned patch as #1343

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