Making module versions (Was: OFFTOPIC: binary modules, bad idea!)

Martin von Loewis (martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de)
Sat, 20 Dec 1997 14:49:05 +0100

> I'm not sure if I'm reading this right but, would a mv_if_changed not do
> the job? Ignoring the date and running a diff on the file...

Exactly. If you have a rule saying

foo.ver: foo.c
produce foo.ver.tmp
mv-if-changed foo.ver.tmp foo.ver

then you are in trouble if foo.c is newer than foo.ver, but foo.ver
is not updated. It will produce foo.ver.tmp every time you invoke make.

Regards,
Martin