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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2021-08-25 08:13:27 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2021-08-25 08:16:23 +0200
commit5ce1f438decd05e01a16445da4703c2193447428 (patch)
tree9e527a029633e52d23b0a66bd8fdfacb71908585 /build2/b.cli
parent5c3af4220dfccfd4c381de575620a41966aa3e4f (diff)
Keep mtime check always enabled on Windows
Windows is known not to guarantee monotonically increasing mtimes.
Diffstat (limited to 'build2/b.cli')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/build2/b.cli b/build2/b.cli
index 0ce0f9e..112db2b 100644
--- a/build2/b.cli
+++ b/build2/b.cli
@@ -580,13 +580,15 @@ namespace build2
{
"Perform file modification time sanity checks. These checks can be
helpful in diagnosing spurious rebuilds and are enabled by default
- for the staged version of the build system. Use \cb{--no-mtime-check}
- to disable."
+ on Windows (which is known not to guarantee monotonically increasing
+ mtimes) and for the staged version of the build system on other
+ platforms. Use \cb{--no-mtime-check} to disable."
}
bool --no-mtime-check
{
- "Don't perform file modification time sanity checks."
+ "Don't perform file modification time sanity checks. See
+ \cb{--mtime-check} for details."
}
bool --no-column