Re: preserving timestamps on installation

2009-06-06 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Andy, Andy Wingo wi...@pobox.com writes: Where automake comes in is that installing a file touches its mtime, always, not preserving the mtime of the file being installed. Could it be solved with an `install-hook' target that would touch all the installed `.go' files? Thanks, Ludo'.

Re: preserving timestamps on installation

2009-06-06 Thread Peter Johansson
What I would suggest is, given that automake ships with an install.sh, add the -p option to install.sh, corresponding to install(1), and use it by default. I can't think of any downsides. That sounds like a bad idea. Imagine the following (not unlikely) sequence: 1) install header.h 2)

Re: preserving timestamps on installation

2009-06-06 Thread Andy Wingo
On Sat 06 Jun 2009 15:21, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: Hi Andy, Andy Wingo wi...@pobox.com writes: Where automake comes in is that installing a file touches its mtime, always, not preserving the mtime of the file being installed. Could it be solved with an `install-hook' target

preserving timestamps on installation

2009-06-04 Thread Andy Wingo
Hey folks, Development Guile support compilation of Scheme files, finally. But the deal is that it will load the source file instead if the mtimes on the Scheme and compiled files differ. Where automake comes in is that installing a file touches its mtime, always, not preserving the mtime of the