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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: The return of the return of crunch time (2.5 merge candidate list 1.6)
From:       Andi Kleen <ak () suse ! de>
Date:       2002-10-28 4:32:08
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> > C) How would having ALL times rounded to a second be an improvement?
> 
> foo.c and foo.o would both have timestamps of 0.  make considers
> the target foo.o newer in this case, so will not rebuild it.

But other stuff could break because it sees mtime > gettimeofday
(strictly make could trigger a "your clock is warping" warning) 

It's a tradeoff, all has some disadvantages. The simple truncation
wins here because it's the simplest (KISS) 

-Andi
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