On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 01:43:25PM -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Hi -
>
> > [...]
> > Every time you rebuild some packages, the package files are rebuilt with the
> > new contents. When this happens, the new package files will have a newer
> > mtime, but the files inside the archive (elf, sourc
Hi -
> [...]
> Every time you rebuild some packages, the package files are rebuilt with the
> new contents. When this happens, the new package files will have a newer
> mtime, but the files inside the archive (elf, source) will have the same
> fixed timestamp as before.
Do I understand this part
On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 06:23:55PM -0500, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Hi -
>
> > [...]
> > Distributions like Yocto update the RPMs but they set all files inside to
> > a fixed timestamp, so that internal timestamp doesn't tell if files
> > changed.
> > [...]
>
> Can you please elaborate on your ex
Hi -
> [...]
> Distributions like Yocto update the RPMs but they set all files inside to
> a fixed timestamp, so that internal timestamp doesn't tell if files
> changed.
> [...]
Can you please elaborate on your explanation? I'm afraid I can't quite see
why this yocto behaviour should change anyt
