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Re: .LOW_RESOLUTION_TIME


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: .LOW_RESOLUTION_TIME
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:49:41 -0500

> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:45:19 +0330
> From: ali hagigat <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> Time-stamp is checked before updating a file. In the last example you
> mentioned, when a file is updated(this file is prerequisite of an
> ultimate target), it shows that make has made its final decision to
> update the ultimate target because it has started updating its
> prerequisite!

It was just an example.  It should be clear that if time stamps are
recorded with 1-sec resolution, files could look up to date when they
are not, and files could look outdated when they are not.



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