`utime(2)' marked as legacy under linux

Peter Mazinger ps.m at gmx.net
Thu Apr 14 15:29:32 UTC 2011


IIRC SuSv4 changed it's opinion and removed legacy from it

Peter
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:00:20 +0200
> Von: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano at gnu.org>
> An: uclibc at uclibc.org
> Betreff: `utime(2)\' marked as legacy under linux

> Hello,
> 
> AFAICS the use of `utime(2)' is discouraged under Linux and it is not even
> available unless UCLIBC_SUSV4_LEGACY is defined; in fact it is suggested
> to use `utimes(2)'.  POSIX.1-2001 does the very opposite: `utimes(2)' is
> marked as legacy and it suggests use the use of `utime(2)' [1].
> 
> Am I missing something?  What do you think about it?
> 
> In case, I can prepare and submit a patch to include `utime(2)' and
> remove the warning message.
> 
> Thanks,
> Giuseppe
> 
> 
> 
> 1) http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/utimes.html
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