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Re: [PATCH] Change file_utimes RPC to use a struct timespec and update t
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Samuel Thibault |
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Re: [PATCH] Change file_utimes RPC to use a struct timespec and update the servers to use UTIME_NOW and UTIME_OMIT. |
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Sun, 30 Aug 2015 02:27:53 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21+34 (58baf7c9f32f) (2010-12-30) |
Samuel Thibault, le Sun 30 Aug 2015 02:24:46 +0200, a écrit :
> Flávio Cruz, le Sat 29 Aug 2015 03:35:56 +0100, a écrit :
> > These two patches allow the glibc and the hurd servers to handle UTIME_OMIT
> > and UTIME_NOW in futimens.
> > The file_utimes RPC now uses a struct timespec instead of a timeval.
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> Well, we can't really change RPCs on the fly like this, otherwise you
> can't upgrade running translators first or libc first. You need to
> introduce a new RPC with the new interface, and in libc cope with
> translators which don't know the new RPC yet by reverting to the old
> RPC.
(And translators should keep serving both RPCs, for applications running
with old libc).
Samuel