Re: [rfc] Policy: -dev packages should touch all .h in postinst
>>>>> "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> writes:
Wichert> Previously Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
>> I would like to discuss implementing Debian Policy with a rule saying
>> that -dev packages must `touch' all installed *.h and *.m4 (etc)
>> files in the postinst, so that any source builds that generate
>> auto-dependancies will see the new -dev headers as fresh, and thus
>> regenerate their .deps/* ?
Wichert> Ewwwwwwwww. Most people don't include system includes in their
Wichert> .deps list anyway which would make this a useless change.
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?
>> I've a couple of questions now... should installed files reflect the
>> build time or the install time?
Wichert> build time.
>> Does `dpkg' and our packaging setups preserve timestamps?
Wichert> dpkg uses the time as used inside the package.
Ok. That is what I would expect it to do.
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