Re: [PATCH] Build configuration to skip ctime for modification test

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Hi,

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Alex Riesen wrote:

> Because exactly the file mode (the executable bit) is the reason for
> checking ctime.

But ctime is broken on Windows.  Because ctime is supposed to change 
whenever the _inode_ changes.

You have to admit that saying "I ignore the ctime because the executable 
bit is broken" must leave the reader puzzled.

Ciao,
Dscho
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