Package: hurd
Version: 1:0.9.git20191228-1
Severity: normal
I first reported this on the mailing list:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2020/03/msg00023.html
Now I logged in on the porterbox (exodar.debian.net) to try and
reproduce, and voilà, I can:
tg@exodar:~$ rm a b
tg@exodar:~$ :>a
tg@exodar:~$ sleep 1
tg@exodar:~$ :>b
tg@exodar:~$ stat a b | grep ^Mod
Modify: 2020-03-29 03:54:03.0 +0200
Modify: 2020-03-29 03:54:09.0 +0200
tg@exodar:~$ sleep 1
tg@exodar:~$ :>a
tg@exodar:~$ stat a b | grep ^Mod
Modify: 2020-03-29 03:54:03.0 +0200
Modify: 2020-03-29 03:54:09.0 +0200
For comparison, this is how it looks on GNU/Linux:
tglase@tglase-nb:~ $ rm a b
tglase@tglase-nb:~ $ :>a
tglase@tglase-nb:~ $ sleep 1
tglase@tglase-nb:~ $ :>b
tglase@tglase-nb:~ $ stat a b | grep ^Mod
Modify: 2020-03-29 03:58:04.989345171 +0200
Modify: 2020-03-29 03:58:05.993371946 +0200
tglase@tglase-nb:~ $ sleep 1
tglase@tglase-nb:~ $ :>a
tglase@tglase-nb:~ $ stat a b | grep ^Mod
Modify: 2020-03-29 03:58:07.001398828 +0200
Modify: 2020-03-29 03:58:05.993371946 +0200
Sub-second timestamps aside, you’ll notice how the first of the
two stat(1) lines updated. This is the common expectation for the
command true, redirected to a file.
Please reassign to the correct package, should I be mistaken.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers unreleased
APT policy: (500, 'unreleased'), (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: hurd-i386 (i686-AT386)
Kernel: GNU-Mach 1.8+git20191117-486-dbg/Hurd-0.9
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages hurd depends on:
ii hurd-libs0.3 1:0.9.git20191228-1
ii libblkid1 2.34-0.1
ii libc0.32.29-10
ii libdaemon0 0.14-7
ii libgcrypt201.8.5-5
ii liblwip0 2.1.2+dfsg1-6
ii libncursesw6 6.2-1
ii libpciaccess0 0.16-1+hurd.1
ii libtinfo6 6.2-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.9-2
ii lsb-base 11.1.0
ii sysv-rc2.96-2.1
ii xkb-data 2.29-2
Versions of packages hurd recommends:
ii bf-utf-source 0.08
ii netdde 0.0.20150828-8
Versions of packages hurd suggests:
pn hurd-doc
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