#1223: Formaline always triggeres new link ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: knarf | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: EinsteinToolkit thorn | Version: development version Resolution: | Keywords: ------------------------------------+---------------------------------------
Comment (by eschnett):
A new executable is built because Formaline records the build time and date into a unique identifier that identifies this build. This identifier changes, and hence a very small file is recompiled. This also triggers the linking stage.
Cactus itself also records the time and date of the build into a file datestamp.c. Maybe moving Formaline's identifiers into this file would solve this issue.