Re: New feature request: handling timestamps if a target or a prerequisite file is a link

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Piotr Mienkowski <address@hidden> writes:

  pm> I would like to request a new option to be added. When deciding on
  pm> uptodateness of a target it should render make sensitive to a
  pm> time-stamp on a link rather than a file this link points
  pm> to. Another possibility is to render make sensitive to the
  pm> time-stamp of a link or a file it points to whichever is
  pm> older. Following is a more detailed explanation why it would be
  pm> useful.

There are requests for this already in the make Savannah project, and
even some patches to implement it.

  https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make/

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