I agree. I would estimate 90% of all Linux packages (over all distros) are based on make. Well, for the distro it does not matter, because packages are typicall

I agree. I would estimate 90% of all Linux packages (over all distros) are based on make. Well, for the distro it does not matter, because packages are typically built from scratch and not incrementally. But everybody hacking on such a package will be affected by the mtime issues. I would claim it hardly ever happens. Of course if it happens it might cause great frustration and waste of half a day.