Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:07:06 -0700 | From | george anzinger <> | Subject | Re: is kernel compilation supposed to change header file timestamps? |
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Chris Friesen wrote: > > I noticed the other day that on a kernel compile, the timestamps of some files are changed. The > funny thing is that all the changed ones are header files, but not all header files are modified. > > Is this expected behaviour? > Yes, it has to do with how dependencies are propagated from header file to header file (i.e. where a header file includes another). Or, at least, I think this is what is going on. -- George Anzinger george@mvista.com High-res-timers: http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/ Preemption patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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