Re: [Help-tar] [PATCH] Add --clamp-mtime option

[Paul Eggert]

On 06/08/2015 07:31 AM, Jakob Bohm wrote:
> Backdating the compile output with touch may have a negative impact on 
> doing a make (not a full rebuild) while trying to fix a bug in the 
> package.  --clamp-mtime restricts the time stamp manipulation to the 
> contents of the .deb / .udeb / .tar.xz files .
Sorry, I'm still not getting it.  It seems to me that any method that 
would have a negative impact on 'make' when using 'touch', would have a 
similar negative impact in the generated tarball when using 
--clamp-mtime.  Can you give a more complete example of the problem?