Re: [Duplicity-talk] Preventing access time modification?

[Peter Schuller]

> oh, yeah. i wasn't thinking of -reverting- it back. i am quite sure
> that's not an issue.

One problem with changing it *back* is that you inherently introduce a
race condition with other processes. If we allow for applications
depending on atime in non-obvious ways, the potential consequences of
atime moving *backwards* as opposed to unnecessarily forward could
potentially be worse.

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/ Peter Schuller

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