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Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone fails to detect certain changes in files
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Zack Weinberg |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] Monotone fails to detect certain changes in files |
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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:54:59 -0700 |
On 8/25/07, Nuno Lucas <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ok, it makes sense and I can live with that.
> At the same time, as I noticed on my previous answer to Pavel, it
> seems if I do a msync at the end Linux should update the file mtime,
> even if atime is not. So that shows a POSIX workaround that can't be
> used on Linux.
>
> Well, that's life, and only bothered the list with this because I feel
> it's a behavior that other people can notice later and this way
> becomes documented.
This is probably worth adding to the FAQ, and perhaps also reporting a
Linux kernel bug - file mtime certainly ought to be updated for
mmap-writes.
zw
[Monotone-devel] Re: Monotone fails to detect certain changes in files, Pavel Cahyna, 2007/08/25