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Re: New feature request: handling timestamps if a target or a prerequisi
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Paul D. Smith |
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Re: New feature request: handling timestamps if a target or a prerequisite file is a link |
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Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:57:55 -0400 |
%% Piotr Mienkowski <address@hidden> writes:
pm> I would like to request a new option to be added. When deciding on
pm> uptodateness of a target it should render make sensitive to a
pm> time-stamp on a link rather than a file this link points
pm> to. Another possibility is to render make sensitive to the
pm> time-stamp of a link or a file it points to whichever is
pm> older. Following is a more detailed explanation why it would be
pm> useful.
There are requests for this already in the make Savannah project, and
even some patches to implement it.
https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make/
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