The `cp' command of my installation don't preserve timestamps by default, that command comes from the GNU coreutils 5.3.0 package:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- D:\download\emacs-gbk\nt>cp --version cp (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0 Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering. Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- that makes the .elc files and the .el files have same timestamps as they are installed, and causes a lot of "source is newer" messages. I suggest the following patch: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- --- gmake.defs.~1.29.~ Mon Mar 5 11:47:14 2007 +++ gmake.defs Wed Jul 11 11:48:06 2007 @@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ COMPILER_TEMP_FILES = -CP = cp -f -CP_DIR = cp -rf +CP = cp -fp +CP_DIR = cp -rfp DEL = rm DEL_TREE = rm -r --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger, please include the output from the following gdb commands: `bt full' and `xbacktrace'. If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file c:/Emacs/etc/DEBUG for instructions. In GNU Emacs 22.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-07-11 on BREP modified by Zhangwei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.2)' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: zh_CN locale-coding-system: cp936 default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: auto-image-file-mode: t display-time-mode: t show-paren-mode: t delete-selection-mode: t pc-selection-mode: t encoded-kbd-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t utf-translate-cjk-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: C-y <return> <return> M-x r e p o r t - e m <tab> <return> Recent messages: Loading edmacro...done Loading server...done Loading regexp-opt...done Loading cl-macs...done Loading d:/emacs-download/color-theme-6.6.0/themes/color-theme-example.el (source)...done Loading d:/emacs-download/color-theme-6.6.0/themes/color-theme-library.el (source)...done Loading image-file...done For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p. Mark set Loading emacsbug...done _______________________________________________ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug