On 2022-08-24 11:04:23 -0700, Matthew R. Wilson wrote: > > Yes, I see that and also the words : > > > > The -Z option sets the modification time of the patched files > > from time stamps given in the patch file, thus avoiding the need > > of some development utilities (such as autoconf); this may generate > > a "Not setting time" warning for the PATCHES file, but you can > > safely ignore it. > > > > Really? Can I safely ignore it? Because NetBSD has no such option for > > the patch command therein. > > The "you can safely ignore it" applies to specifically the warning when > trying to set the time on the PATCHES file, not that you can safely > ignore the entire -Z option (or lack thereof). > > > Seems that we can not safely ignore that option. Perhaps the failure > > here is with the "patch" software in NetBSD? Maybe GNU patch is what > > is needed to get that -Z option? > > If the patch utility that comes with NetBSD does not have the -Z option, > then yes, that seems to be a problem for the workflow you're trying to > accomplish (protected source tree but using an 'unclean' source > distribution of MPFR during the build since the effects of the -Z option > aren't being correctly applied). I'll update the MPFR text later in order to clarify it and give more details. If the -Z option is not available, I suggest to use the --disable-maintainer-mode configure option in order to avoid the unnecessary rebuilds (which the -Z patch option allows to avoid). -- Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
