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From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
To: Ben Thomas <bthomas@virtualiron.com>, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] - use -p with INSTALL to reduce rebuilds
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:19:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C2136F40.3596%keir@xensource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45EDB511.4010903@virtualiron.com>

On 6/3/07 18:38, "Ben Thomas" <bthomas@virtualiron.com> wrote:

> - finally, modify the specific $(INSTALL) definitions to use -p.
>   This modification preserves dates. It has been observed that a number
>   of unnecessary rebuilds take place due to install modifying the
>   destination date. Preserving the source date information (-p) prevents
>   these rebuilds.

If we have build rules depending on the install target, rather than source,
that should probably be fixed in preference.

 -- Keir

      reply	other threads:[~2007-03-06 19:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-06 18:38 [PATCH] - use -p with INSTALL to reduce rebuilds Ben Thomas
2007-03-06 19:19 ` Keir Fraser [this message]

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