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diff --git a/build-aux/Makefile.once.head/10-write-ifchanged.mk b/build-aux/Makefile.once.head/10-write-ifchanged.mk index b0a5ac4..5abb3ce 100644 --- a/build-aux/Makefile.once.head/10-write-ifchanged.mk +++ b/build-aux/Makefile.once.head/10-write-ifchanged.mk @@ -1,4 +1,22 @@ mod.write-ifchanged.description = `write-ifchanged` auxiliary build script mod.write-ifchanged.files += $(topsrcdir)/build-aux/write-ifchanged +define mod.write-ifchanged.doc +# User variables: +# - `WRITE_IFCHANGED ?= $(topsrcdir)/build-aux/write-ifchanged` +# Inputs: +# (none) +# Outputs: +# (none) +# +# The $(WRITE_IFCHANGED) program reads a file from stdin, and writes it to the +# file named in argv[1], but does so atomically, but more importantly, does so +# in a way that does not bump the file's ctime if the new content is the same +# as the old content. +# +# That is, the following lines are almost equivalient: +# +# ... > $@ +# ... | $(WRITE_ATOMIC) $@ +endef WRITE_IFCHANGED ?= $(topsrcdir)/build-aux/write-ifchanged |