On 10/13/2013 06:58 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > Hi Padraig, > > On 10/13/2013 07:11 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> On 10/13/2013 01:43 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: >>> In a new openSUSE bug [1], a user complains that chmod changes a >>> file's change status timestamp although chmod did not have to change >>> any of the permission bits, e.g. >>> >>> $ touch test >>> $ chmod 700 test >>> $ stat test >>> $ chmod 700 test >>> $ stat test > >> This is a tricky one, previously discussed at: >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2010-01/msg00303.html > > hmm, the only instance to know whether there would be side > effects with ACLs etc. is the kernel. And it's also the kernel > who is marking the change status timestamp implicitly. > Shouldn't this issue be handled there then?
It would seem hacky to do otherwise. cheers, Pádraig.
