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Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/depdb.hxx')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbuild2/depdb.hxx | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/depdb.hxx b/libbuild2/depdb.hxx index ecc1f38..abc2565 100644 --- a/libbuild2/depdb.hxx +++ b/libbuild2/depdb.hxx @@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ namespace build2 // // If we assume that an update of the database also means an update of the // target, then this "interrupted update" situation can be easily detected - // by comparing the database and target modification timestamps. This is - // also used to handle the dry-run mode where we essentially do the - // interruption ourselves. + // by comparing the database and target modification timestamps: a valid + // up-to-date state will always have the target mtime greater or equal to + // the depdb mtime. This is also used to handle the dry-run mode where we + // essentially do the interruption ourselves. // struct LIBBUILD2_SYMEXPORT depdb_base { |