Paul Eggert wrote: > On 12/03/10 02:03, Jim Meyering wrote: > >> Would you mind adding a "Bug fixes" entry for this >> in coreutils' NEWS file? It'd be nice to commit that >> along with an update of the gnulib submodule to the latest. > > Sure, done, with this notice: > > cp -u no longer does unnecessary copying merely because the source > has finer-grained time stamps than the destination.
Thanks! >> As for a test, it shouldn't be too hard to create a root-only test >> on linux/gnu systems, since _PC_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION is not defined. >> Create two loop-mounted file systems of types that have the desired >> difference in time stamp resolution, and run commands like Dan did. > > Hmm, well, I can see a lot going wrong with that, such as garbage in the > mount table if the test is interrupted. (Also, there's the little problem > that I lack root access on the hosts that I do builds on these days: does > that get me off the hook? :-) I didn't mean to make it sound like a requirement. I was merely thinking aloud about how I might do it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
