[rrd-developers] Ubuntu Lenny: rrd does not update the ctime and mtime of rrd-files

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Kristoff,

Today Kristoff Bonne wrote:

> Hi Tobias,
>
> Op 27-09-10 16:18, Tobias Oetiker schreef:
> >> Now, we have a very strange fenomina:
> >> mrtg does update the rrd-files as normal, but does not update the ctime
> >> and mtime of the files.
>
> > the reason for this behaviour is that rrtool uses memory mapped io
> > for updating files ... some older linux kernels neglect to update
> > the timesamps of the files thus edited ..
> > rrdtool tool checks for this problem at compilation time and
> > compensates by doing touch on the problem files ...
>
> Hi, I've compiled the source from the debian repostitory.

Try the official release from www.rrdtool.org ... it should compile
out of the box ...

cheers
tobi


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