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Re: Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes
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Paul D. Smith |
Subject: |
Re: Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:11:05 -0500 |
%% "Casper Hornstrup" <address@hidden> writes:
ch> On NTFS volumes, the last modification time of directories is
ch> changed whenever a change occurs to the directory or an entry
ch> within it.
It seems like standard filesystem behavior to me. Based on my reading
of the MS doc you linked, UNIX filesystems work the same way.
ch> This behaviour can cause make to go into a loop if an entry within
ch> the directory is changed, and there exist other targets that
ch> depend on the directory which then again causes changes to be made
ch> to the directory.
In that case, your makefile is broken ;-).
ch> This patch changes so the creation time is always used instead of
ch> the last modification time for directories on Windows.
I don't think the current behavior is incorrect, and I don't think it
needs to be fixed. After all, you could get identical behavior with
files, rather than directories, if you set your makefile up that
way... so don't do that :-).
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- Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes, Casper Hornstrup, 2005/03/25
- Re: Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes,
Paul D. Smith <=
- RE: Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes, Casper Hornstrup, 2005/03/26
- RE: Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes, Paul D. Smith, 2005/03/26
- RE: Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes, Casper Hornstrup, 2005/03/26
- RE: Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes, Paul D. Smith, 2005/03/26
- RE: Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes, Casper Hornstrup, 2005/03/26
- Re: Dependencies on directories on NTFS volumes, Ken Smith, 2005/03/28