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Diffstat (limited to 'remake.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | remake.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* Basic dependency engine for GNU Make. -Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1988,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Make. GNU Make is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -988,6 +988,27 @@ f_mtime (file, search) file = file->prev; } while (file != 0); + { + /* Files can have bogus timestamps that nothing newly made will be + "newer" than. Updating their dependents could just result in loops. + So notify the user of the anomaly by treating future files as + unrecoverably absent. */ + + static time_t now; + if (mtime > now && ! file->updated) + { + /* This file's time appears to be in the future. + Update our concept of the present, and compare again. */ + extern time_t time (); + if (mtime > time (&now)) + { + error ("*** File `%s' has modification time in the future", + file->name); + file->update_status = 2; + } + } + } + return mtime; } |