Resolution of timestamp, other possible pitfalls?

[Torsten Mohr]

Hi,

as i understand it the resolution of the timestamps of files is 1 second.
Is this sufficient for "make" to work correctly?  Especially as nowadays
PCs get more and more powerful?  Is it possible that problems can occur
from that?

Another question, i heard that on some windows systems a file that is
saved on a network drive gets the timestamp of the server it is stored on,
not the one of the client that stored the file.  Is this still correct?
For "make" this looks to be a big problem.  Are any other issues like this
known where "make" could possibly fail though the user did everything correct?

Maybe in a more general way:  Is there a list of things to consider when
using Makefiles?  Some not-so-obvious pitfalls?


Thanks for any hints,
Torsten.