Re: Getting rid of "source file [...] newer than compiled" messages

[Ludovic Courtès]

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:

>>   $ stat 
>> /gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/lib/guile/2.2/site-ccache/gcrypt/hash.go
>>     File: 
>> ‘/gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/lib/guile/2.2/site-ccache/gcrypt/hash.go’
>>     Size: 77485      Blocks: 152        IO Block: 4096   regular file
>>   Device: fc02h/64514d       Inode: 137925      Links: 1
>>   Access: (0444/-r--r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
>>   Access: 2019-04-06 16:56:32.259721626 -0500
>>   Modify: 2018-12-25 17:02:43.753150336 -0600
>>   Change: 2018-12-25 17:02:43.753150336 -0600
>>    Birth: -
>> #+END_EXAMPLE
>>
>> It looks like the scheme file is fractions of a second newer than the
>> compiled file. So, pulling on this thread:
>
> These time stamps are wrong.  Everything in /gnu/store should have 0 for
> the mtime.

More precisely the mtime should be 1 (one second after the Epoch).

Also, when using the ‘stat’ command, it’s a good idea to set TZ=UTC to
avoid confusion when looking at the timestamps.

Thanks,
Ludo’.