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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
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Subject: Re: is kernel compilation supposed to change header file timestamps?
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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
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