Re: [PATCH] gnu: perl: Fix autosplitting of 0-time source.

[Eric Bavier]

On 2015-09-10 10:46, address@hidden wrote:
> address@hidden skribis:
>
> > From: Eric Bavier <address@hidden>
> >
> > * gnu/packages/patches/perl-autosplit-default-time.patch: New patch.
> > * gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl): Use it.
> > * gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
>
> Good catch, OK for ‘core-updates’.  (It’s the 2nd case where we see
> assumptions about the range of an mtime.)

Ok, will push to 'core-updates'.

> > +AutoSplit will fail to create an index for files whose modification 
> > time is 0
> > +because its default time for a non-existent index is 1.  Set this 
> > default time
> > +to -1 instead.
>
> What is the index used for?

AutoSplit uses the 'autosplit.ix' index files to catalog the file 
locations of split functions, as well as a timestamp on the last time 
the module was split, as far as I understand.  The AutoLoader module 
looks for these indices and emits a non-fatal but nonetheless 
scary-looking warning of their non-existence at runtime, which is what 
alerted me to the issue.

`~Eric