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authorWolfgang Hommel <wolf@code-wizards.com>2011-05-22 00:21:04 +0200
committerWolfgang Hommel <wolf@code-wizards.com>2011-05-22 00:21:04 +0200
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Modified documentation and changelog based on the recent changes
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- ===================================================
- FakeTime Preload Library, version 0.8 (August 2008)
- ===================================================
+ ==================================================
+ FakeTime Preload Library, version 0.8.1 (May 2011)
+ ==================================================
Content of this file:
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ it then also executes.
If the test works fine, you should copy the FTPL libraries (libfaketime.so.1,
and libfaketimeMT.so.1) to the place you want them in. Running "make install"
-will attempt to place them in /usr/lib/faketime and will install the wrapper
-shell script "faketime" in /usr/bin, both of which most likely will require
+will attempt to place them in /usr/local/lib/faketime and will install the wrapper
+shell script "faketime" in /usr/local/bin, both of which most likely will require
root privileges; however, from a technical point of view, there is no
necessity for a system-wide installation, so you can use FTPL also on machines
-where you do not have root privileges.
+where you do not have root privileges. You may want to adjust the PREFIX
+variable in the Makefiles accordingly.
Since version 0.6, system calls to file timestamps are also intercepted now,
thanks to a contribution by Philipp Hachtmann. This is especially useful in
@@ -327,3 +328,5 @@ appreciated.
Please send an email to: wolf /at/ code-wizards.com
+git pull requests are welcome, see https://github.com/wolfcw/libfaketime
+