[PATCH setup 0/3] Setup replacement for incver_ifdep

Achim Gratz Stromeko@nexgo.de
Mon Oct 19 17:21:00 GMT 2015


Corinna Vinschen writes:
> I agree.  Actually, considering that the info files are stored in just a
> single well-known directory, /usr/share/info(*), and further considering
> that updated files are rewritten when overwritten, shouldn't it be entirely
> sufficient if the update_info_dir script performs a simple test like this:
>
> - Does /usr/share/info/dirs exist?
>
>   No -> run install-info
>
>   Yes -> Is /usr/share/info/dirs mtime < /usr/share/info mtime?
>
>          No -> Do nothing
>
> 	 Yes -> run install-info

Can this be relied on for all possible file systems?

Otherwise, as I said, the same general algorithm as used for autorebase
would be workable.  It might in fact be possible to sneak that into the
rebaselst generation since the information is already passing by.


Regards,
Achim.
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