[systemd-bugs] [Bug 89111] New: journalctl exits with nonzero exit status if no messages in time span

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89111

            Bug ID: 89111
           Summary: journalctl exits with nonzero exit status if no
                    messages in time span
           Product: systemd
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: general
          Assignee: systemd-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: quabla at hemio.de
        QA Contact: systemd-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org

The following command as daily cron can sometimes serve as a simple logwatch
replacement:

journalctl --no-pager -q -p err -u my.service --until now --since -24h

However, if there are no warnings in the last 24h journalctl exits with nonzero
exit status and prints "Failed to determine timestamp: Cannot assign requested
address" to stderr.

First, it would be nice if (at least with -q) there is no output in this case
and the exit status is 0. Second, I do not understand the error message.

There is a similar bug #71548, however the exit status in this case is a bit
more reasonable, while the error message there is also very confusing.

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