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Re: [PATCH] Work around GNU/Linux timestamp glitch
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [PATCH] Work around GNU/Linux timestamp glitch |
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Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:19:04 -0400 |
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On 3/23/23 8:24 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
Without this patch, Bash can hand out user-visible timestamps
that are out of order, because on GNU/Linux the 'time'
function uses a different clock than file timestamps
and the 'gettimeofday' function. See
<https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30200>.
Thanks for the report.
Chet
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