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

2008-09-03 Thread Erik Rossen
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Re: Bug#497514: coreutils: chmod, chown, and chgrp change ctime even when no change was necessary

2008-09-02 Thread Erik Rossen
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 02:30:20PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Erik Rossen wrote: > > As far as speed is concerned, you are right that an extra stat() would > > usually not improve matters. (Would it be an enormous penalty? I doubt > > it.) But users of file integrity

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

2008-09-02 Thread Erik Rossen
hanging syscall. That would not be an > improvement. As far as speed is concerned, you are right that an extra stat() would usually not improve matters. (Would it be an enormous penalty? I doubt it.) But users of file integrity checking systems like myself will be grateful for the chang