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| author | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2014-01-07 18:10:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2014-01-07 18:10:05 +0000 |
| commit | 78add018a01221839c23f0cfecc3110bb28d038f (patch) | |
| tree | b42fcc734c05e4ed308d374c048f9d8592483fee /README.win32 | |
| parent | fa884b76985b07640a9b8df4736d532e0273f13f (diff) | |
| download | perl-78add018a01221839c23f0cfecc3110bb28d038f.tar.gz | |
Add link to MS article about broken _utime() in VC++ 2013
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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index fda4487d4b..e19b48caad 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -398,7 +398,12 @@ There should be no test failures. If you build with Visual C++ 2013 then three tests currently may fail with Daylight Saving Time related problems: F<t/io/fs.t>, -F<cpan/HTTP-Tiny/t/110_mirror.t> and F<lib/File.Copy.t>. +F<cpan/HTTP-Tiny/t/110_mirror.t> and F<lib/File.Copy.t>. The failures are +caused by bugs in the CRT in VC++ 2013 which will be fixed in future releases +of VC++, as explained by Microsoft here: +L<https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/811534/utime-sometimes-fails-to-set-the-correct-file-times-in-visual-c-2013>. In the meantime, +if you need fixed C<stat> and C<utime> functions then have a look at the +CPAN distribution Win32::UTCFileTime. Some test failures may occur if you use a command shell other than the native "cmd.exe", or if you are building from a path that contains |