From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: is kernel compilation supposed to change header file timestamps?
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:31:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020822193156.B1401@mars.ravnborg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D65142F.116481FB@nortelnetworks.com>; from cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com on Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 12:41:19PM -0400
On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 12:41:19PM -0400, 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?
I assume you are compiling a 2.4 kernel, in which case this is expected
behaviour.
For the 2.5 kernel kbuild has been changed such that
header files are no longer 'touched' during the compile process.
Sam
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-22 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-22 16:41 Chris Friesen
2002-08-22 17:07 ` george anzinger
2002-08-22 17:31 ` Sam Ravnborg [this message]
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