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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2020-11-10 18:03:47 -0800
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2020-11-10 18:03:47 -0800
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downloadautomake-a296ffe1eb87bec8a2f695222ac39517eaaae746.tar.gz
install-sh: new option -p to preserve mtime.
* lib/install-sh: new option -p to call cp -p. Idea from patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00002.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-11.02 * NEWS: mention this. 2020-11-10 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
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* Miscellaneous changes
- - install-sh tweaks: no longer unconditionally uses -f when rm is
- overridden by RMPROG; does not chown existing directories.
+ - install-sh tweaks:
+ . new option to preserve mtime, i.e., invoke cp -p.
+ . no longer unconditionally uses -f when rm is overridden by RMPROG.
+ . does not chown existing directories.
- Removed function up_to_date_p in lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm.
We believe this function is completely unused.