Re: git and mtime

From: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
Date: Nov 20, 2008, 14:22 UTC
Message-ID: <20081120142217.GD6023@codelibre.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0811201506390.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 03:07:46PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Roger Leigh wrote:
> 
> > They are optional build depdendencies.  They are provided pre-built, and 
> > won't be rebuilt unless they get outdated.  In the release tarball, the 
> > timestamps are correct, ensuring this never happens. When checking out 
> > with git, the timestamps are incorrect, and it attempts to rebuild 
> > something that's *already built*.
> 
> I'll try just one more time.  Why don't you teach your build process to 
> check if the generated files can be generated, and if not, fall back to 
> the committed ones?

Well, it's definitely not a good idea to try rebuilding when the tools aren't available, and I'll update the Makefiles to only attempt a rebuild when this is the case. So yes, making the build a bit more intelligent is definitely something to do. However, this is really a separate issue, since the repo dates back eight years, and I don't want to break older stuff. This will only fix things for the future.

Regards, Roger

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