Re: [rfc] Policy: -dev packages should touch all .h in postinst
>>>>> "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> writes:
Wichert> Previously Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
>> Why is that? Wouldn't you want your .dep/*'s to get rebuilt in case
>> something is changed in the new *.h's from the -dev package?
>> Couldn't it cause trouble if something changed?
Wichert> It's a trade-off. I find the shipping date more useful info. Technically
Wichert> the way make handles dependencies is wrong: it should compare timestamps
Wichert> of files to their previous value instead of to the currently build
Wichert> object.
Hmmm. Now that I think about it, you're right. I'll keep that in
mind if I ever hack on Make itself. That *is* how it _should_ work.
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