Package: meld Version: 3.16.4-1 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer,
when I copy files or directories within Meld, the copies often get a slightly different time stamp (difference up to 1 micro second). I wouldn't have noticed this, if the "younger" files/dirs were sometimes not marked accordingly. Example: 1. Start with a directory src/ that contains some files "file*", empty dirs "empty*" and non-empty dirs "non-empty*". "ls --full-time" shows ... src/ 2017-03-05 15:33:23.243862000 +0100 empty+000ns 2017-03-05 15:33:23.243862044 +0100 empty+044ns 2017-03-05 15:30:58.417297176 +0100 empty+176ns 2017-03-05 15:10:56.020244755 +0100 empty+755ns 2017-03-05 15:39:52.319551913 +0100 empty+913ns 2017-03-05 12:56:09.036606000 +0100 file+000ns 2017-03-05 12:56:09.036606060 +0100 file+060ns 2017-03-05 15:24:37.712274516 +0100 file+516ns 2017-03-05 12:57:06.357629994 +0100 file+994ns 2017-03-05 17:01:26.648818000 +0100 non-empty+000ns 2017-03-05 17:01:26.648818000 +0100 non-empty+000ns/file 2017-03-05 17:01:26.648818167 +0100 non-empty+167ns 2017-03-05 17:01:26.648818167 +0100 non-empty+167ns/file 2. Compare src/ with an empty directory dest/; then copy src/ within Meld to dest/. The time stamps within dest/ are shown below (with comparison to src/; rounding is to integer micro second). Moreover "younger marks" (small stars at the icons) are noted (Y) when present. dest/ 2017-03-05 15:33:23.243861000 +0100 empty+000ns -1000ns Y src 2017-03-05 15:33:23.243862000 +0100 empty+044ns rnd down Y src 2017-03-05 15:30:58.417297000 +0100 empty+176ns rnd down Y src 2017-03-05 15:10:56.020244000 +0100 empty+755ns rnd down Y src 2017-03-05 15:39:52.319551000 +0100 empty+913ns rnd down Y src 2017-03-05 12:56:09.036606000 +0100 file+000ns equal 2017-03-05 12:56:09.036606000 +0100 file+060ns rnd down 2017-03-05 15:24:37.712274000 +0100 file+516ns rnd down Y src 2017-03-05 12:57:06.357630000 +0100 file+994ns rnd up 2017-03-05 17:01:26.648818000 +0100 non-empty+000ns equal 2017-03-05 17:01:26.648818000 +0100 non-empty+000ns/file equal 2017-03-05 17:01:26.648818000 +0100 non-empty+167ns rnd down Y src 2017-03-05 17:01:26.648818000 +0100 non-empty+167ns/file rnd down Y src I don't see a simple rule. I (and probably most other users) expected time stamp (dest) = time stanp (src) as by copying with "cp -a …". If this is difficult to realize, it would be fine if the "younger mark" could be suppressed for times that differ by less than, say, 10 micro seconds. Paul. -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages meld depends on: ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.26.0-2+b1 ii gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 3.22.2-1 ii libcanberra-gtk3-module 0.30-3 ii libgtk-3-0 3.22.8-1 ii libgtksourceview-3.0-1 3.22.2-1 ii patch 2.7.5-1 ii python-gi 3.22.0-2 ii python-gi-cairo 3.22.0-2 pn python:any <none> Versions of packages meld recommends: ii yelp 3.22.0-1 meld suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
