Re: one of those annoying little things

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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).

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