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Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/depdb.hxx')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbuild2/depdb.hxx | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/depdb.hxx b/libbuild2/depdb.hxx index c3e60a2..9cff281 100644 --- a/libbuild2/depdb.hxx +++ b/libbuild2/depdb.hxx @@ -90,9 +90,16 @@ namespace build2 // close() even if otherwise no modifications are necessary (i.e., the // database is in the read mode and is at eof). // - path_type path; - timestamp mtime; - bool touch; + // If touch is present then update the database modification time in + // close() even if otherwise no modifications are necessary (i.e., the + // database is in the read mode and is at eof). Specifically, if touch is + // timestamp_unknown, then set mtime to the current (filesystem) time. + // Otherwise, set it to the specified time (which should be sourced from + // the filesystem, see touch_file() for details). + // + path_type path; + timestamp mtime; + optional<timestamp> touch; // Open the database for reading. Note that if the file does not exist, // has wrong format version, or is corrupt, then the database will be |