On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> wrote:
> jcb> Could the right answer be to limit the effect of > SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to timestamps that will appear in built files? > > I'm afraid I'm not sure what you mean, Jacob. > > At any rate, before flailing around further, I'd like to understand why > the Debian build had problems with the original mdate-sh that did > nothing with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. Santiago? Please? This is following up > on the change I made to mdate-sh following your (indirect) report at > https://bugs.gnu.org/77805. > > Making mdate-sh aware of S_D_E caused problems (info files getting > rebuild) with the RH build, per Frederic's report at > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2025-06/msg00016.html. > > Also, I'd like to hear confirmation from Frederic that my guess is > correct, or not, as to why the S_D_E-enabled mdate-sh caused makeinfo > reruns. > Sorry, I wasn't able to allocate more time on this at the beginning of the week. Considering that you think of reverting the mdate-sh change, should I try to get some cycles on that ? > > In other words, to understand what's really going on :). --thanks, karl. > >
