Re: Bug#497514: coreutils: chmod, chown, and chgrp change ctime even when no change was necessary

2008-09-12 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 09:51:04PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: That sounds like a good reason to retain the behavior you've come to value, even if it's not guaranteed or portable, but only via a new option. Then we can still change the default to be more efficient. Why on earth would we want to

Re: Bug#497514: coreutils: chmod, chown, and chgrp change ctime even when no change was necessary

2008-09-12 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to Paul Eggert on 9/11/2008 11:56 AM: >> >> As I read the spec, chown and chgrp are explicitly required to make >> the equivalent of a chown() call, which in turn is required to change >> the ctime. However, chmod is not required to make the equiva

[PATCH] various VPATH-related fixes

2008-09-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* maint.mk (VC_LIST): Prepend '$(srcdir)/'. (patch-check): Fix to make it work with a VPATH build. * src/Makefile.am (sc_tight_scope): Likewise. * man/Makefile.am (.x.1): Do not make outputs unwritable. --- Hello Jim, this makes maintainer-distcheck work better in a VPATH build setup. Sorry, but

Re: E:_cache->open() failed

2008-09-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Richard Eaton wrote: > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to > correct the problem. > E: _cache->open() failed, please report. You have reached the GNU Coreutils mailing list. The GNU Coreutils are the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GN

E:_cache->open() failed

2008-09-12 Thread Richard Eaton
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils