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Re: [PATCH setup 0/3] Setup replacement for incver_ifdep
- From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko at nexgo dot de>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 19:21:49 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH setup 0/3] Setup replacement for incver_ifdep
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Corinna Vinschen writes:
> I agree. Actually, considering that the info files are stored in just a
> single well-known directory, /usr/share/info(*), and further considering
> that updated files are rewritten when overwritten, shouldn't it be entirely
> sufficient if the update_info_dir script performs a simple test like this:
>
> - Does /usr/share/info/dirs exist?
>
> No -> run install-info
>
> Yes -> Is /usr/share/info/dirs mtime < /usr/share/info mtime?
>
> No -> Do nothing
>
> Yes -> run install-info
Can this be relied on for all possible file systems?
Otherwise, as I said, the same general algorithm as used for autorebase
would be workable. It might in fact be possible to sneak that into the
rebaselst generation since the information is already passing by.
Regards,
Achim.
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