From 4e0787d14a897aefcda999a83d347f6bdbcddcc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Walters Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 09:59:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] filesystem: Document timestamp squashing Came up in chat. Signed-off-by: Colin Walters --- docs/src/filesystem.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/src/filesystem.md b/docs/src/filesystem.md index bc515d195..5551fcdc8 100644 --- a/docs/src/filesystem.md +++ b/docs/src/filesystem.md @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ For more on container builds, see [build guidance](building/guidance.md). The rest of this document describes the state of the system when "deployed" to a physical or virtual machine, and managed by `bootc`. +## Timestamps + +bootc uses ostree, which currently [squashes all timestamps to zero](https://ostreedev.github.io/ostree/repo/#content-objects). +This is now viewed as an implementation bug and will be changed in the future. +For more information, see [this tracker issue](https://github.com/containers/bootc/issues/20). + ## Understanding physical vs logical root with `/sysroot` When the system is fully booted, it is into the equivalent of a `chroot`.