Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 20:23:52 +0200 From: Birk <ari@snafu.de> To: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: outdated files after make world Message-ID: <01C2FAE8.1CA187E0@ari@snafu.de>
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> > 338 Mar 6 2002 /boot/loader.rc > > > This is only installed if it does not exist, so you > should update it manually when it changes. This has > last changed in 1999. IMHO this violates POLA. If it is vital and has changed it should be reinstalled. It was just instinct that I haven't removed this file. > > 858 Mar 6 2002 /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/mach/_h2ph_pre.ph > > Perl install just uses the source dates. I forgot to mention that I check the ctime, not mtime. If the files were copied with the mtime preserved the ctime should have changed anyway. > > 5930 Mar 6 2002 /usr/include/values.h > > Headers are installed with -C option of install(1), | -C Copy the file. If the target file already exists and the files | are the same, then don't change the modification time of the tar- | get. This is ambiguos. Does that mean the file isn't copied at all, or is it copied with the mtime preserved (and thus changes the ctime)? thx Birkhome | help
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