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------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2005-04-23 01:26 -------
Joe,

This is a bug about the build process, not the install process. I am glad that a
different bug already exists for the install process.

> Doing the "touch" operation in configure rather than buildconf would mean...
> drumroll... modifying files in the source directory during a build, which was 
> I believe what you are trying to avoid :)

True, but attempting to modify the timestamp is less annoying than attempting to
modify the contents.

That said, could we please at the very least _least_ make these targets fail
gracefully instead, just by sticking a '-' in front of the commands they
execute? This way, the build process will Do The Right Thing;

     - if timestamps arent skewed, no problem

     - if timestamps are skewed,
       - if files are read-write, and you have flex/yacc, no problem
       - if you don't have flex/yacc, the commands will obviously fail, but at
least you still have the old copies of these files
       - if files are read-only, the commands will obviously fail, but at least
you still have the old copies of these files


I'm also curious why the logic to build the .l/.y files is in this Makefile,
since rules.mk also includes it's own rules, and I don't see any other .y or .l
files in the apache distribution. But I guess that's another story. :)

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