Using /backport skill claude puts bogus date into spec file if not reminded about current date

[zdohnal]

What happened? What is the problem?

Using /backport skill and if verified ways of bumping spec fail (f.e. rpmdev-bumpspec fails because the spec is old - f.e. has old syntax for applying patches, or date was not called), it creates the date in spec changelog manually and creates bogus date.

Note: if rpmdev-bumpspec -c 'mesage' *.spec (or its rightmost bump version) fails, the release number is bumped correctly and changelog message is almost correct - the only thing missing in spec changelog is NVR.

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What did you expect to happen?

Generate correct date at first try.

Example URL(s)

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Steps to reproduce

1. start Claude Code v2.1.145, opus 4.6
2. /backport CVE-2026-35177 fix to rhel-9.8.0 and c8s
3. get into backport to rhel-9.8.0, where rpmdev-bumpspec fails - claude will try to guess the date by itself, but incorrectly

Workaround

• There is an existing workaround that can be used until this issue is fixed.

Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request for this issue. (Packit team is happy to help!)