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> Make by default uses the file change timestamp to trigger actions. But this is definitely not the only way Can you point to some documentation for this? I ha
by tempay 4y ago
> Make by default uses the file change timestamp to trigger actions. But this is definitely not the only way
Can you point to some documentation for this? I haven't been able to find anything.
- actionfromafar 4y agoccache is one approach. It's orthogonal in a way, but basically solving the same problem from a different angle.
- zvr 4y agoI wrote "the GNU Make Book has the code ready for you to study." I'm currently traveling, without access to my books, but a quick online search at the contents of this book https://nostarch.com/download/GNU_Make_dTOC.pdf https://nostarch.com/download/GNU_Make_dTOC.pdf shows that p.82 has the code for "Rebuilding When a File's Checksum Changes". The GNU Make Book by John Graham-Cumming, No Starch Press, April 2015, 256 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-649-2