Re: [PATCH 1/5] Simplify rules for creating man pages

Mike Frysinger <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.newlib
Message-ID <YngdIbnc1+jqbQ7L@vapier>
On 02 May 2022 13:55, Jon Turney wrote:
> Simplify rules for creating docbook XML used to create manpages:
> Updating the output using move-if-change and then unconditionally
> touching the .stamp file doesn't make much sense.

it does make sense.  i explained the point of the stamp file in the
response to your message:
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/newlib/2022/019064.html

tl;dr: it's a common optimization pattern used in the tree.  it avoids
recreating all the docbook & man pages when there is no content change.
-mike
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