OK, now it all makes sense. Thanks for opening my eyes. The comments in the .java file say it ALL.
________________________________ From: Konstantin Kolinko <knst.koli...@gmail.com> To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:57 AM Subject: Re: Strange compilation dates for JSPS 2013/2/12 Ray Holme <rayho...@yahoo.com>: > While debugging a problem in Tomcat 7.0.35 (just upgraded), I noted OLD files > in the work/Catalina/localhost/APP/org/apache/jsp directory. > > I thought I had cleaned things out to make sure all was rebuilt. So I > manually stopped tomcat; manually cleaned the directory (rm -rf *); and > restarted. > > Lo and behold things were regenerated again (as expected) but the dates were > MOST peculiar. > > My system date is 2/12/2013 (today) but all the .java and .class files > generated show 2/28/2012. > > I have two questions: > > WHY is this back-dated? (this seems counter productive and not helpful to >the user trying to figure things out) > > HOW is this back-dated? (I don't even know how to back date a file myself >- I know "tar" does this but have never figured out how to do it) > (and yes I have been using Unix and Linux a long time) https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33453 Implemented in 7.0.17 You may read a comment at the top of generated *.java files there. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
