GNU bug report logs - #61240
improve high-res file timestamp in Automake

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Package: automake-patches;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 22:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 61240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 61240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#61240] improve high-res file timestamp in Automake
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:27:29 -0600

Paul Eggert wrote:
> I installed the attached to port a FileUtils.pm patch back from 
> Autoconf into Automake. I wish Perl supported file timestamps with 
> nanosecond resolution, but apparently not, so this is the best we 
> could do easily.
>
> Although this bumps the required Perl version from 5.6 (2000) to 5.10 
> (2007), I don't think that's a problem nowadays.

Where are you actually using a 5.10 feature?  Please do not arbitrarily 
bump version requirements just to bump version requirements.


-- Jacob
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