Re: How do i get make install to only copy target if it was rebuilt

[Benoit SIGOURE]

On Jul 6, 2007, at 8:20 PM, Jeff Safier wrote:

> Make install seems to copy the target whether its been rebuilt or not
> and every time the file is copied it puts a new timestamp on the file.

You might want to have a look at these two threads:

``install -C'' / unnecessarily updating time stamps
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2006-12/msg00053.html

install-sh -C
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2006-10/msg00070.html

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

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Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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