timestamps vs. checksums

2003-03-05 Thread Markus Werle
Hi! Recently I had an email discussion about build tools. Someone stated that make was flawed due to the fact that it uses timestamps to decide whether to recompile a file or not. I disagree with saying that make is flawed. Actually NFS is flawed, which I encountered today: make recognized the

Re: timestamps vs. checksums

2003-03-05 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Markus Werle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mw Recently I had an email discussion about build tools. Someone mw stated that make was flawed due to the fact that it uses mw timestamps to decide whether to recompile a file or not. mw I disagree with saying that make is flawed. It is