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Re: GCC vs. `make' on Solaris


On May 11, 2001, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:

>   1. Use `echo' or `cat' in place of `touch' to avoid the bug.
>      In other words, use:

>        rm -f s-foo && echo > s-foo
	 
>      This works because `creat' works; it's just `utime' that's
>      broken.

automake uses `echo timestamp >' instead of touch.  I believe using
echo without arguments may be some portability issue.

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