Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Oct 16, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This patch seems OK to me, but I'd appreciate if Alexandre, Tom, Pavel
> > or Jim could confirm it's OK.
>
> I have mixed feelings about this. At first, it may sound nice to not
> touch pre-existing files. However, think of someone that uses the
> timestamp to decide whether a certain file is part of the newly
> installed package or just some remnant from an old release that can
> now be removed...
One approach would be to use $(INSTALL_HEADER) which defaults to
$(INSTALL_DATA), and allow users to specify a special installer if
they choose. Of course, it would be nice if 'install' in fileutils
could be extended to provide a --only-if-change option.
Usage would be something like
make INSTALL_HEADER='install --only-if-change' install
- Hari
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