Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
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RCS file: 
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riter.java,v
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -r1.16 IndexWriter.java
--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java   25 Sep 2003 
22:01:51 -00
00      1.16
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java   6 Oct 2003 
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                segmentInfos.info(0).dir != directory))) {
        int minSegment = segmentInfos.size() - mergeFactor;
        mergeSegments(minSegment < 0 ? 0 : minSegment);
-    }
+    }
+    directory.touchFile("segments");
    }

    /** Merges all segments from an array of indexes into this index.
Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/FSDirectory.java
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ctory.java,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.21 FSDirectory.java
--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/FSDirectory.java   25 Sep 2003 
21:50:11 -00
00      1.21
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/FSDirectory.java   6 Oct 2003 
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    /** Set the modified time of an existing file to now. */
    public void touchFile(String name) throws IOException {
      File file = new File(directory, name);
-    file.setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis());
+    long oldModified = file.lastModified();
+    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    long latest = oldModified > now ? oldModified : now;
+    file.setLastModified(latest + 1500);
    }

    /** Returns the length in bytes of a file in the directory. */