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Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by
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Jeff Sheen |
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Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te' |
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Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:55:40 +0100 |
N.B. despite FAT's age, and subsequent flaws, it is still the de facto standard
for portable drives.
This is because FAT is the only file system fully supported by all modern
operating systems.
I run a multi-OS development environment, with a spread of tools across OSX and
Windows. I wanted to migrate away from using FAT on my shared data partition,
but found no other viable options. The process of testing alternative file
systems was extensive, and meticulous. I spent weeks trying out NTFS and HFS
partitions, with different combinations of drivers in both operating systems.
Ultimately, it is partisan nonsense that the only file system that can be
agreed on is FAT, but that is the reality.
Jeff.
> On 27 Jun 2014, at 02:39, Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2014, Jeff Sheen wrote:
>>
>> Is it expected behaviour that GNU Autotools are incompatible with some file
>> systems natively supported by the OS?
>
> FAT32 provides only one second file timestamp resolution. That can cause
> significant problems for modern computers which often perform several steps
> in one second. A test to see if a file has changed may fail to obtain the
> correct results.
>
> Bob
> --
> Bob Friesenhahn
> address@hidden, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
> GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
- [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Jeffrey Sheen, 2014/06/20
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Jeffrey Sheen, 2014/06/20
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Eric Blake, 2014/06/20
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Jeffrey Sheen, 2014/06/20
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Jeffrey Sheen, 2014/06/21
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Jeff Sheen, 2014/06/26
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Eric Blake, 2014/06/26
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Bob Friesenhahn, 2014/06/26
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te',
Jeff Sheen <=
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Gary V. Vaughan, 2014/06/27
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Werner LEMBERG, 2014/06/27
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Jeffrey Sheen, 2014/06/27
- Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] OSX autotools: `aclocal.m4' not being output by `autom4te', Gary V. Vaughan, 2014/06/27