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| author | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2014-09-09 12:24:37 +0100 |
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| committer | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2014-09-11 12:53:28 +0100 |
| commit | 8cabdfbf42bdb94bdc500ae4463d0e498349946f (patch) | |
| tree | 1a5153560a87ceecfde9048d862c185a63efe267 /NEWS | |
| parent | d9ebedad152816ea2ee8725a0ee1b0f80f7aeb46 (diff) | |
Use high-precision timestamps for manual pages
* lib/util.c (is_changed): Compare high-precision timestamps.
* libdb/db_storage.h (FIELDS): Increment to 10.
(struct mandata): Change "time_t _st_mtime" to "struct timespec
mtime".
* libdb/db_lookup.c (dbprintf): Update mtime display.
(split_content): Store two fields for the mtime (seconds and
nanoseconds).
(make_content): Expect two fields for the mtime.
* libdb/db_store.c (replace_if_necessary): Compare high-precision
timestamps.
* src/check_mandirs.c (test_manfile): Likewise.
* src/man.c (maybe_update_file): Likewise.
* src/straycats.c (check_for_stray): Update initialisation of struct
mandata.
* src/tests/testlib.sh (accessdb_filter): Adjust for new format.
* manual/db.me (Contents of an index database): Describe new format.
(Example database): Update example output.
* NEWS: Document this.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Major changes since man-db 2.6.7.1: high-precision timestamps to determine whether it needs to update databases. + o Timestamps of manual pages are also now stored in the database + with high precision and compared accordingly. + man-db 2.6.7.1 (10 April 2014) ============================== |