[PATCH] Support Android NDK (which has neither futimes nor futimens)

Rafael EspĂ­ndola rafael.espindola at gmail.com
Sat Dec 7 18:21:42 PST 2013


> This needs a cost vs. benefit analysis before going any further...
>
> Cost:
>   Maintaining direct Linux syscalls is a burden to the project.
>
> Benefits:
>   Adding the syscall may provide command-line users on older Android
> versions some limited support for the llvm-ar tool's obscure -o option to
> preserve timestamps.
>
> On balance, I'd go for making this a no-op :-)

Even better :-) (assuming people are not somehow depending on -o).

Cheers,
Rafael



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