Re: [ft-devel] ft2build.h being regenerated each time.

[Werner LEMBERG]

> It seems like the process to install files isn't preserving mtime
> which reduces the effectiveness of other build systems which work
> based on mtime for computing what needs to be compiled.
> Specifically, one case, ft2build.h seems to get copied without
> preserving mtime:
> 
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./builds/unix/ft2unix.h \
>           {...}/darwin-osx-debug/include/ft2build.h

This is the normal GNU mantra, yes.

> Currently, it appears that freetype is using -c which is the
> default.  Using either -C or -p seems like it would fix the problem.

What `problem'?  Please elaborate.  Up to now I have never heard that
opion `-p' should be used for installing files, and I'm not aware of a
major package which does so.

Note that you can easily overwrite the used options of `install' by
setting the INSTALL environment variable.


    Werner