Re: [RFC] Hits/directions to using autoconf and friends in Debian
On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Jason Lunz <j@falooley.org> wrote:
> > cavok@filibusta.crema.unimi.it said:
> >>> Huh? Too fast for their own good?
> >> i am not clear what he is meaning here too
>
> > If you don't sleep a second in between the touches, the timestamps will
> > be the same rather than ordered in time as intended.
>
> Which is totally pointless since make only considers something to be
> out-of-date if one of the dependencies does not exist or is strictly
> newer than the target.
Hmm... I see. I've seen ordering problems (as in timestamps going back in
time) more than once due to NFS, however. Should I take that into account
and keep the sleep in there, or remove it?
--
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them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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