Re: asdf recompilation trigger problem

Miles Egan <[email protected]> writes:

> The issue is that, when gentoo "merges" (installs) the sbcl package, it
> sets all the file timestamps to the same value, which triggers this
> clause (I think):
>
>        (and
>         (every #'probe-file out-files)
>         (> (apply #'min (mapcar #'file-write-date out-files))
>            (apply #'max (mapcar #'file-write-date in-files)) ))))))

Oh bah.  There are issues involved with fast machines and compilations
that take less than a second.  I can't actually remember what the
effect of > versus >= is, but I do remember thinking about it.

Of course, it's entirely possible I got the wrong answer last time and
>= is the better comparison.  But, as I say, actual thought required.


-dan

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