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-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | THANKS | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/am/depend.am | 4 |
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ New in 1.17: - Generated file timestamp checks now handle filesystems with sub-second timestamp granularity dynamically. + - Dependency files are now empty, instead of '# dummy', for speed. + - Systems with non-POSIX "rm -f" behavior are now supported, and intent to drop support for them has been reversed. The ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM setting no longer exists. @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ James Bostock james.bostock@gmail.com James Henstridge james@daa.com.au James R. Van Zandt jrv@vanzandt.mv.com James Youngman jay@gnu.org -Jan Engelhardt jengelh@medozas.de +Jan Engelhardt jengelh@inai.de Janos Farkas chexum@shadow.banki.hu Jared Davis abiword@aiksaurus.com Jason DeVinney jasondevinney@gmail.com diff --git a/lib/am/depend.am b/lib/am/depend.am index ecc6180a6..ecea1fcaa 100644 --- a/lib/am/depend.am +++ b/lib/am/depend.am @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ am__mv = mv -f $(am__depfiles_remade): @$(MKDIR_P) $(@D) - @echo '# dummy' >$@-t && $(am__mv) $@-t $@ + @: >>$@ +## It's faster to create an empty file, hence :. See thread before and after +## https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2022-05/msg00006.html. am--depfiles: $(am__depfiles_remade) .PHONY: am--depfiles |