Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Argh, it was incomplete, sorry. Assume the first `make' causes some > object files to be updated, say, because of a previous `make clean', > or simply because they were out of date. Those object files will then > have a timestamp that is newer than the versions of the gnulib files > that reside in the gnulib directory. So after bootstrap, they may not > be remade although they should have been.
Yes, but exactly the same problem exists with symbolic links. And there are many similar problems, e.g., if 'bootstrap' modifies a makefile this means you really have to rebuild everything. That being said, if there are strong feelings that "cp -p" is bad, I can change it to use "cp". After all, I won't be using the --copy option anyway, so it doesn't matter much to me what --copy does. Perhaps Bruno has an opinion? _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
