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On Sunday 06 December 2009 14:05:59 Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> The spec first proposed was along the lines "mtime is updated if |
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> (and only if) the package manager modifies the file" [1], but the |
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> Paludis party raised objections that this was not specific enough. |
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> But see below about "common sense". |
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It's not specific enough because it gives the implementer no way of knowing |
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which files don't require preservation, and therefore, which are safe to |
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modify without preserving the mtime. Common sense doesn't come into it. |