Time::HiRes: allow not checking atime between stat and lstat #20908
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On a system with some sort of filesystem monitor such as a virus scanner the atime of the file can be modified by that monitor causing the test to fail. Testers can set PERL_FILE_ATIME_CHANGES to a true value to avoid comparing atime between the stat() and lstat() calls. Fixes Perl#19321
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On a system with some sort of filesystem monitor such as a virus scanner the atime of the file can be modified by that monitor causing the test to fail.
Testers can set PERL_FILE_ATIME_CHANGES to a true value to avoid comparing atime between the stat() and lstat() calls.
Fixes #19321