Jeff Bailey writes:
> Package: gcc-3.0
> Version: 3.0.ds8-0pre010613
>
> While porting to the Hurd, I came across a bug in binary-libstdcxx.mk.
> I corrected the bug and reran `debian/rules binary-arch'. However,
> because it had *already* moved some files around, it's not capable of
> resuming where it was after a failure.
>
> (These fixes will be sent in a seperate bug report...)
>
> I suspect the best fix is to 'rm 07-install-stamp' at the beginning of
> each new section where files are moved around, and then touch it again
> when everything is in a resumable state again. The install step could
> then still skip the succesful sections that had been copied correctly.
I think this does not work, because the install-stamp then is newer
than the binary stamp. What about
binary-foo-stamp: install-stamp
mv install-stamp install-stamp-tmp
[... make binary-foo]
trap '' 1 3 15; \ # which other signals?
touch binary-foo-stamp; \
mv install-stamp-tmp install-stamp
