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Re: [PATCH] build: do not require help2man at build-from-tarball time
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [PATCH] build: do not require help2man at build-from-tarball time |
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Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:05:00 -0600 |
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On 09/10/2012 06:05 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> but it relies on test's -nt operator. With a shell lacking
>> that feature,
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> Just out of curiosity: is that feature in POSIX?
Not POSIX 2008, but it is on the floor as a proposal for adding to the
next version of POSIX (along with 'test a == a', among others).
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> Anyway, maybe it could be emulated with "find -newer" or something
> similar...
Yep, 'find $dir -newer ...' is the only POSIX way to compare timestamps,
for now.
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Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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