Re: touch gets stuck for named pipes

[Bruno Haible]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> > So, any objections to removing this module?
> 
> Why don't we first mark it as obsolete?
> I'll stop using it in coreutils right away, and we can
> remove it altogether after a reasonable grace period.

OK, I've committed the cross-compilation fix and done that:


2009-04-10  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        Mark 'utime' obsolete.
        * modules/utime (Status, Notice): New sections.
        Suggested by Jim Meyering.

*** modules/utime.orig  2009-04-10 19:42:58.000000000 +0200
--- modules/utime       2009-04-10 19:42:39.000000000 +0200
***************
*** 1,6 ****
--- 1,12 ----
  Description:
  utime() function: change access and/or modification times of a file.
  
+ Status:
+ obsolete
+ 
+ Notice:
+ This module is obsolete. It can be removed on 2010-01-01.
+ 
  Files:
  lib/utime.c
  m4/utimbuf.m4