Use libc::UTIME_NOW in touch when updating time to now#9870
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* Use libc::UTIME_NOW in touch when updating time to now * Explicit libc import to satisfy clippy * Fix location of cfg in touch * Add cfg gate to libc import to satisfy clippy on windows * Change cfg gates in touch near libc::UTIME_NOW from unix to linux --------- Co-authored-by: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
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Fixes #9844.
Current uu-touch explicitly provides the current time when updating time to now.
Time PR makes it use
libc::UTIME_NOWinstead on unix platforms, which requires lower permissions than explicitly providing time. See utimensat.