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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Subject: Re: new install(1) utility
Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, terry@cs.weber.edu
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>An include file change in one file will cause all of the libraries to
>be re-compiled that depend on it, but it doesn't *necessarily* mean that
>there were any changes in the library or it's functionality.

>If the libraries don't differ at a binary level, there weren't any
>changes, so they library doesn't need to be installed.

The .a libraries will differ.  They contain timestamps :-(.

Bruce