On 08/14/2017 06:35 AM, Manu wrote: > Recently I migrated from cmake 2.8.12 to cmake 3.8 and FILE(TIMESTAMP ...) > behaviour changed. Now it reports symbolic link timestamp instead of pointed > file timestamp.
Can you track down when that happened? > patch to fix both get_filename_compoment and FILE(TIMESTAMP ...) > > What troubles me is that symlink under Windows is a feature introduced in > Windows Vista and the change for handling them will break Windows XP > compatibility. Is this acceptable? We still support running on XP. If any newer Windows APIs are needed they need to be looked up dynamically. Also, behavior changes for existing commands may need a policy. See also https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/16926 for discussion of symbolic link APIs. -Brad -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
