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Re: Installing only updated headers
- To: Simon Perkins <s dot perkins at lanl dot gov>
- Subject: Re: Installing only updated headers
- From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- Date: 25 Oct 2001 11:57:00 +0200
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- List-Id: Discussion list for automake <automake.gnu.org>
- Organization: LRDE/EPITA http://www.lrde.epita.fr/
- References: <3BD74B28.CFAA8F49@lanl.gov>
>>> "Simon" == Simon Perkins <s.perkins@lanl.gov> writes:
[...]
Simon> The obvious solution is to use the -C option to install
Simon> which will only copy header files that have actually
Simon> changed since the last install. How do I get automake to
Simon> do this?
Overwrite INSTALL_HEADER from you Makefile.am?
Simon> I notice that the Makefiles generated by automake set
Simon> $(INSTALL) to 'install -c', and that this -c option is
Simon> ignored by GNU install. What does the -c option do? Is
Simon> it supposed to be -C?
-c == copy the file (i.e. don't move it).
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz