Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> What problem arises in coreutils if we don't detect/work-around >> that difference? > > For example, 'touch -r A B', 'cp -p A B', etc. could set B's timestamp > to be in the future; this could give 'make' conniptions.
Oh, of course. That would be nasty indeed. >> I think that the bug in glibc won't end up lasting long >> enough to make it onto a significant number of systems. >> And for those users who are progressive (or maybe reckless :-) enough >> that they get a losing glibc, I think it's reasonable to expect >> them to upgrade pretty quickly to a version with the fix. > > OK, let's assume this for now. (Yay! It's less work.) I implemented it for coreutils and checked it in a couple hours ago. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
