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MichaelKim wrote:
> Yea I tried to add sleep, no good. Consequent calls doesn't go
> $(jar_target_dir) target, they only run $(chrome_jar_file) target.
> 
> It's NTFS, Windows 7. The other system which performs as expected Windows
> XP, again NTFS.
> Here is some additional information:
> 
>     Reading makefiles...
>     Updating goal targets....
>      File `all' does not exist.
>          Prerequisite `../bin/build/chrome' is newer than
>                  target `../bin/build/chrome/alt.jar'.
>         Must remake target `../bin/build/chrome/alt.jar'.
>     Creating chrome JAR file.
>     updating: content/about.js (deflated 66%)
>     updating: content/sprintf.js (deflated 52%)
>     ...
> 
> and stats
> 
>     $ stat ../bin/build/chrome/alt.jar ../bin/build/chrome
>       File: `../bin/build/chrome/alt.jar'
>       Size: 29220           Blocks: 32         IO Block: 65536  regular file
>     Device: 22c6affh/36465407d      Inode: 59672695062724268  Links: 1
>     Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/    xxx)   Gid: (  513/    None)
>     Access: 2010-05-05 13:03:01.066457300 +0900
>     Modify: 2010-05-05 13:03:01.088960100 +0900
>     Change: 2010-05-05 13:03:01.091460400 +0900
>       File: `../bin/build/chrome'
>       Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 65536  directory
>     Device: 22c6affh/36465407d      Inode: 3940649674014457  Links: 1
>     Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)  Uid: ( 1000/    xxx)   Gid: (  513/    None)
>     Access: 2010-05-05 13:03:01.090960400 +0900
>     Modify: 2010-05-05 13:03:01.090960400 +0900
>     Change: 2010-05-05 13:03:01.090960400 +0900
> 
> as you can see `chrome` dir is really newer than `alt.jar`

So let me get this straight.  The JAR file you're trying to build is
within a directory which is listed as a prerequisite of that JAR file?
Unless I'm completely off base, it would seem to be that this is
expected behavior then.  If you mess with the contents of a directory,
such as by adding a file to it, the last modified timestamp of the
directory is going to be updated.  I would expect that to happen after
the file is added to the directory which could very well be *after* the
last modified timestamp of the file is set.  Thus the directory will
appear newer than the file.

I can't explain why this works for you under XP, but I don't think this
is Cygwin's doing.  Cygwin is most likely just letting the filesystem do
its thing without interference.

-Jeremy

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