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Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 18:23:16 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: Cygwin make target is never determined up to date
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You've got my point and I'll report the exact dll version later today.
However, I redesigned the makefile in order to avoid such bad dependency.


Dave Korn-6 wrote:
> 
> On 06/05/2010 02:15, MichaelKim wrote:
>> Well, it's confusing because I have 3 machines.
>> 
>> 1. WinXP (cygwin 1.5.19) - once built, the timestamps are equal and no
>> problem( happy with that, but I got the point that this is wrong makefile
>> design)
>> 
>> 2. Win7 (cygwin 1.7.5) - once built, the timestamps are equal, and no
>> further build required if files are intact. However, sometimes the
>> timestamps are not equal and it doesn't consider targets up to date.
>> 
>> 3. Another Win7 (cygwin 1.7.5, I can check exactly later) - timestamps
>> are
>> always different, hence it's NEVER up to date. This is the original case
>> I
>> was talking about.
>> 
>> Hope it's clear now.
> 
>   Yes, I see; so the thing we need to understand (from posix compatibility
> point of view) is why on the first win7 machine, the timestamps are not
> /always/ unequal!
> 
>> Sorry for misleading and confusing you ^^
> 
>   No need to apologise, I spend most of my life confused, it's only when I
> get
> too certain that I really know something that I may make a mistake :)
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
> 
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