Re: CVS keywords and make

[Larry Jones]

Noel L Yap writes:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/16/2000 01:05:28 PM
> >Back-dating the file on commit (i.e. when the update is done to retrieve
> >the new keyword values) is definitely not possible (i.e. is wrong) as a
> >general solution.
> 
> Why do you say this?  I don't see a problem so long as the file is backdated to
> the timestamp of the last build (which means each build must forcibly touch a
> file that's known to the cvs wrapper script).

Because *in general*, you don't know that a build is not needed.

-Larry Jones

My brain is trying to kill me. -- Calvin