[tex-live] ctan->tl updates caught up

[T T]

On 3 August 2012 10:14, Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> 1) Why does the installer seek to alter the "last-modified" time ?

It's what tar utility does by default.  No one knew this might be a
problem on Windows.

>
> 2) Why, if this step can be safely omitted under Windows, can it
>         not be safely omitted for all operating systems ?

Why change sane defaults on other systems, when issues are only on Windows?

Cheers,

Tomek