Re: Ubuntu Lenny: rrd does not update the ctime and mtime of rrd-files
Tobias Oetiker <[email protected]>
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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 .. > (...) > > the simplest solution is to compile rrdtool on the target machine, > > it will then detect the problem and work around it ... > > Thanks! > > > Question, > > Is there then still a reason to use the rrdtool 1.4.3-1.bpo50+1 (from > the debian backports repository) or is the default packages for Lenny > (1.3.1-4) good enough? guess I am the wrong person to as such thing ... I would always suggest to compile the latest stable version yourself :-) cheers tobi > > Cheerio! > Kr. Bonne. > > _______________________________________________ > rrd-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/rrd-developers > > -- Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland http://it.oetiker.ch [email protected] ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900