Re: [PATCH] compare header files before installing

[Akim Demaille]

This patch seems OK to me, but I'd appreciate if Alexandre, Tom, Pavel
or Jim could confirm it's OK.

Re: [PATCH] compare header files before installing

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Oct 16, 2000, Akim Demaille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 This patch seems OK to me, but I'd appreciate if Alexandre, Tom, Pavel
 or Jim could confirm it's OK.

I have mixed feelings about this.  At first, it may sound nice to not
touch pre-existing files.  However, think of someone that uses the
timestamp to decide whether a certain file is part of the newly
installed package or just some remnant from an old release that can
now be removed...

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Re: [PATCH] compare header files before installing

[Raja R Harinath]

Alexandre Oliva [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 On Oct 16, 2000, Akim Demaille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  This patch seems OK to me, but I'd appreciate if Alexandre, Tom, Pavel
  or Jim could confirm it's OK.
 
 I have mixed feelings about this.  At first, it may sound nice to not
 touch pre-existing files.  However, think of someone that uses the
 timestamp to decide whether a certain file is part of the newly
 installed package or just some remnant from an old release that can
 now be removed...

One approach would be to use $(INSTALL_HEADER) which defaults to
$(INSTALL_DATA), and allow users to specify a special installer if
they choose.  Of course, it would be nice if 'install' in fileutils
could be extended to provide a --only-if-change option.

Usage would be something like

  make INSTALL_HEADER='install --only-if-change' install 

- Hari
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