-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Wildenhues on 12/4/2006 11:11 PM: > Quoting automake/configure.ac: > # The amount we should wait after modifying files depends on the platform. > # On Windows '95, '98 and ME, files modifications have 2-seconds > # granularity and can be up to 3 seconds in the future w.r.t. the > # system clock.
For what it's worth, Microsoft no longer supports Windows 9x, so cygwin no longer actively caters to support these old systems. The eventual cygwin 1.7.0 has only been tested to work on Windows NT class systems. But the thread Ralf dug up shows that even NT systems have odd clock issues with regards to FAT filesystems. On the other hand, the 2-second granularity is a "feature" of the FAT filesystem, which is run on more than just Windows (unfortunately, FAT tends to be the filesystem of choice in USB Flash drives). Even Linux supports FAT, although I doubt anyone is foolhardy enough to develop on FAT when there are so many better filesystems to choose from. But you need at least 'sleep 2' to guarantee distinct timestamps on FAT. - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFdYIS84KuGfSFAYARArTxAJ4juONQEaAeYihDBb2dP4wwggKr1ACfdmks 4w8e9Nz4rz/jaPjMHSIZfzk= =2XyF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
