* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 11:05:54AM CEST: > On Sunday 03 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 10:23:57AM CEST: > > > The sleeps were there to make generated autotools files strictly > > > newer than their sources; however, this is not necessary, since > > > POSIX mandates that make considers files with the same timestamp > > > of their dependencies to be up-to-date. > > > > info Autoconf "Timestamps and Make", in git Autoconf, tells you why > > these are good for HP-UX make. > > > Yes, but the worst that can happen would be that the first $MAKE > call is not really a no-op, and some autotools files get rebuilt.
Ah ok. > Also, the involved tests currently require GNU make anyway. Oh, then my argument is moot. > But > I'm planning to enhance them to work with non-GNU make too, so > this objection is moot. Then not any more. ;-) So, up to you I guess. Thanks, Ralf
