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

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I build and install freetype into a local prefix for several
> platforms including darwin-osx and darwin-ios.  These files then get
> used by other libraries.  Those libraries track dependencies and if
> that file has a new mtime, it assumes that the file has been
> changed. When running a full build, all dependencies are also built
> in order which includes freetype.  Freetype copies files with no
> regard for preserving mtime, and thus other packages which depend on
> that file assume it has changed.

OK.  For such a use-case, the INSTALL environment variable seems to be
the right thing.  BTW, is there *any* GNU package or something based
on autoconf and/or automake which uses -C by default?


    Werner