From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26659 invoked by alias); 23 Nov 2015 18:54:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 26645 invoked by uid 89); 23 Nov 2015 18:54:58 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPAM_URI,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-in-11.arcor-online.net Received: from mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (HELO mail-in-11.arcor-online.net) (151.189.21.51) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:54:57 +0000 Received: from mail-in-10-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-10-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.27]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3p4Hj94SY8z34KF for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:54:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (mail-in-01.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.41]) by mail-in-10-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93A7B28B3EF for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:54:53 +0100 (CET) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-01.arcor-online.net 3p4Hj83ZPBzv7v Received: from Gertrud (p54B47C5B.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.180.124.91]) (Authenticated sender: stromeko@arcor.de) by mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3p4Hj83ZPBzv7v for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:54:51 +0100 (CET) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [PATCH setup 0/3] Setup replacement for incver_ifdep References: <1442937170-17580-1-git-send-email-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> <561BB2A4.2030009@dronecode.org.uk> <87lhb8htrh.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <561FA783.900@dronecode.org.uk> <87oag0qad3.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <20151019154100.GB18989@calimero.vinschen.de> <87io62hiz6.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <20151020102150.GF5319@calimero.vinschen.de> <56532D34.4090102@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:54:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <56532D34.4090102@dronecode.org.uk> (Jon Turney's message of "Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:13:56 +0000") Message-ID: <87bnakmtqc.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2015-11/txt/msg00062.txt.bz2 Jon Turney writes: > So, this is actually quite straightforward to write, and > /etc/postinstall/0p_update-info-dir.sh becomes the attached. > >>> Can this be relied on for all possible file systems? >> >> Not on FAT. But then again, FAT is not really a filesystem, rather just >> a failed try. > > But yes, this does nothing useful if /usr/share/info is on a FAT > filesystem, as the mtime doesn't change. So, should we try to guard against that (installations on a USB stick are probably the only practical occurence these days)? I wouldn't mind if we just unconditionally rebuild on FAT(32). Otherwise, it looks good and thanks for writing up a script. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ DIY Stuff: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/DIY.html