From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12802: 23.4; feature wish: file-attributes in microsecond precision Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:40:52 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87hap51082.fsf@wallace.tews.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1352086924 27787 80.91.229.3 (5 Nov 2012 03:42:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 03:42:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12802@debbugs.gnu.org To: Hendrik Tews Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 05 04:42:13 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TVDZl-0002lK-9z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:42:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55768 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVDZc-0005lw-Ji for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:42:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45563) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVDZZ-0005lg-NH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:42:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVDZY-0004dB-Lm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:42:01 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39255) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TVDZY-0004d6-IE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:42:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TVDcV-0001L7-5j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:45:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12802 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12802-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12802.13520870955121 (code B ref 12802); Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12802) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Nov 2012 03:44:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49506 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TVDcM-0001KX-0y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:44:54 -0500 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:48026) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TVDcH-0001KL-0B for 12802@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:44:50 -0500 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id qA53fgPl007574; Sun, 4 Nov 2012 22:41:42 -0500 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 09D1AAE1F7; Sun, 4 Nov 2012 22:40:52 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87hap51082.fsf@wallace.tews.net> (Hendrik Tews's message of "Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:18:05 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4392=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4392> : streams <851894> : uri <1260317> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66462 Archived-At: > please make file access/modification/status change times available in > microsecond precision on those systems that support that. Your wish has been granted. > Motivation: I am maintaining an extension of Proof General that > compiles Coq source files to Coq object files on the fly when > needed. For that I have to compare file modification times in a > way similar to make. AFAIK `make' does not require such fine-precision. Basically if the time-stamp on the generated file is equal to the source, then it's considered as new enough (IOW in the absence of a proof that the generated file is older, it is assumed to be newer). Stefan