From: martin f krafft Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:21:07 GMT Subject: Re: git and mtime Message-ID: <20081120132107.GA27571@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net> In-Reply-To: <20081119113752.GA13611@ravenclaw.codelibre.net> also sprach Roger Leigh [2008.11.19.1237 +0100]: > These are provided by upstream so that end users don't need these tools > installed (particularly docbook, since the toolchain is so flaky on > different systems). However, the fact that git isn't storing the > mtime of the files confuses make, so it then tries to regenerate these > (already up-to-date) files, and fails in the process since the tools > aren't available. I don't get it. Why are end users running make in the first place? Why aren't those in the build-dependencies? -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ it is better to have loft and lost than to never have loft at all. -- groucho marx spamtraps: madduck.bogus@madduck.net