Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:43:55 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, Alexander Leidinger <netchild@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src ObsoleteFiles.inc Message-ID: <867j1bv65w.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20060814153428.G28464@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> (Dmitry Pryanishnikov's message of "Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:38:43 %2B0300 (EEST)") References: <200608101942.k7AJgOrB051336@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060811235619.G93570@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <20060811220244.GC5237@rambler-co.ru> <20060811223642.GA21117@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060812005213.384b744b@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20060812084253.GA8597@rambler-co.ru> <20060812123531.GA36569@xor.obsecurity.org> <20060813185551.GA15783@rambler-co.ru> <864pwfwpnm.fsf@xps.des.no> <20060814153428.G28464@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>
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Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > BTW, if you just need to ensure that a file exists, a safe alternative
> > to 'touch ${FILE}' is ':>>${FILE}'. Makefiles in src/sys/modules
> > which use touch should probably be updated to use this instead.
> It doesn't change the file's last modification time for me using /bin/sh:
> [...]
> So ':>>${FILE}' isn't the same as 'touch ${FILE}' for existing files.
when the purpose is only "to ensure that a file exists" as I wrote
above, this does not matter.
DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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