For mod times farther in the future, print the value in fixed-point rather

than exponential notation (patch from Bruno Haible).

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/remake.c b/remake.c
index 687b9d2..2dad3f0 100644
--- a/remake.c
+++ b/remake.c
@@ -1302,8 +1302,14 @@ f_mtime (struct file *file, int search)
                 (FILE_TIMESTAMP_S (mtime) - FILE_TIMESTAMP_S (now)
                  + ((FILE_TIMESTAMP_NS (mtime) - FILE_TIMESTAMP_NS (now))
                     / 1e9));
-              error (NILF, _("Warning: File `%s' has modification time %.2g s in the future"),
-                     file->name, from_now);
+              char from_now_string[100];
+
+              if (from_now >= 99 && from_now <= ULONG_MAX)
+                sprintf (from_now_string, "%lu", (unsigned long) from_now);
+              else
+                sprintf (from_now_string, "%.2g", from_now);
+              error (NILF, _("Warning: File `%s' has modification time %s s in the future"),
+                     file->name, from_now_string);
 #endif
               clock_skew_detected = 1;
             }