Zac Medico posted on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:26:59 -0800 as excerpted: > Brian Harring wrote: >> This discussion in generall is daft. No package can rely on >> nanonsecond resolution for installation because the most common FS out >> there (ext3) does *second* level resolution only. As such, I can >> pretty much gurantee there is *zero* packages out there that require >> nanosecond resolution for installation. > > Your "guarantee" is filesystem-specific. However, if we can establish > that all known packages with timestamp preservation requirements do > their timestamp comparisons with 1-second granularity, then we'll have a > much safer (filesystem-independent) assumption.
Thanks. That's basically what I'm wondering also, well, if they do it with one second granularity, or if it's possible to make them do it that with with a simple command-line sed, adding an option, but here it's stated in different (fewer) words. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
