On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:44:58PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Food for thought: > > > > How long has this code been in mutt's build environment? When has > > anyone ever complained about it being a problem? > > Guys. Please read the subject. I read it before... I don't see what you're getting at. > > It's probably true that some old BSD systems handle touch poorly, but > > it's almost certainly true that those systems are hopelessly out of > > date, unsupported and unsupportable, and irreparably broken in any > > number of ways... > *snip uninformed reasoning* > > Yes. I am _not_ trying to port mutt to those systems. Well, then why didn't you direct us to exactly what the problem is? That would have been much better than making a vague reference and letting us guess for ourselves... > > And I think it was the OP's whole point: we don't want the echo > > command to result in an empty file. > > No. I am trying to get people to know problems with relatively _new_ > systems, with nanosecond time stamps, and fast enough to build several > things in one second. Systems less than three years old. > > Regards, and yes, this is mentioned in the docs as well, Ok, after reading a lot more thoroughly, I found what you're talking about in the discusion of cp -p in the section "Limitations of Usual Tools". The reference you gave to point to the issue, if I may say so, sucked gigantically. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers.
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