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diff --git a/doc/bugs/inline_sort_order_and_meta_date_value.mdwn b/doc/bugs/inline_sort_order_and_meta_date_value.mdwn index ce87f9acb..d851ef397 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/inline_sort_order_and_meta_date_value.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/inline_sort_order_and_meta_date_value.mdwn @@ -84,3 +84,18 @@ out the sort option. --[[Joey]] > 10. ikiwiki --setup setup_file > > 11. All pages, including new page, are output correctly in ctime order + +You're confusing ctime and creation time. This is perhaps not suprising, as +ikiwiki uses the term 'ctime' to refer to creation time. However, the unix +ctime value is not the same thing. Unix ctime can change if a file changes +owner, or in some cases, permissions. Unix ctime also always changes +when the file is modified. Ikiwiki wants a first creation date of the file, +and it accomplishes this by recording the initial ctime of a file the first +time it processes it, and *preserving* that creation time forever, ignoring +later ctime changes. + +I suspect that this, coupled with the fact that ikiwiki sorts newest pages +first, explains everything you describe. If not, please send me a shell script +test case I can run, as instructions like "Create pages that sort different by +mtime and ctime" are not ones that I know how to follow (given that touch sets +*both*). --[[Joey]] |