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Subject:	Re: /dev/null timing and clock skew problems
Date:	Thu, 1 Mar 2007 20:12:23 -0000
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> Pedro Alves writes:
>
>> No, but I'm on FAT32 on this machine.  Problem is described here:
>>
>> http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/faq22_18.html
>>
>> According to that same page, DJGPP has a local hack^Wpatch to
>> suppress that warning:
>>
>> "DJGPP ports of GNU Make v3.77 and later allow for up to
>> 3 seconds of positive difference between the file timestamp and the
>> system clock (that is, the file is allowed to be up to 3 seconds into the
>> future), before the above warning is printed. So upgrading to the
>> latest version of Make should eliminate such bogus warnings and leave you
>> only with messages due to real clock skews."
>
> The code for this is available in standard Make, but it isn't enabled in 
> the
> current build on Cygwin. (The code can be found in remake.c, at line 1277. 
> It's
> currently enabled if WINDOWS32 or __MSDOS__ is defined.)

Is this just the three second clearance or something more substantial that 
will guarentee builds ?

Aaron


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