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1.5.21: file timestamp not updated after editing


After editing a file, the timestamp on the file (according to ls -l)
is unchanged.  However if stat <filename> is executed, the change
timestamp given in the output differs from that given in ls -l:

$ ls -l foo.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 Alex 126 Jul 29 17:10 foo.c
$ nano foo.c
### File is edited and saved ###
$ ls -l foo.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 Alex 289 Jul 29 17:10 foo.c
$ stat foo.c
 File: `foo.c'
 Size: 289             Blocks: 1          IO Block: 1024   regular file
Device: a8dc98beh/2833029310d   Inode: 562949953426654  Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1004/    Alex)   Gid: (  513/    None)
Access: 2006-07-29 18:19:09.921875000 -0700
Modify: 2006-07-29 17:10:44.531250000 -0700
Change: 2006-07-29 18:19:15.828125000 -0700

This issue doesn't appear to be isolated to ls -l: it is also causing
problems when running make or cvs commit on other files, as make and
cvs thinks that the files hasn't been modified.  (I've resorted to
running touch on the files as a workaround.)

A search on Google on "cygwin file timestamp" failed to find anything
related. I had deleted my entire Cygwin installation (it is installed
on a separate partition), reformatted the partition (NTFS) and
reinstalled, but the problem is still occurring.  Any ideas on further
diagnosing and solving this problem is appreciated.

I am running Cygwin on Windows XP Home Edition, SP2.  Output of
cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out is attached.

Thanks.

Attachment: cygcheck.out
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