Re: [Boost-docs] [quickbook] How best to keep last-updateddatescorrect?

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-17 23:08:27

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:

>> Indeed. Ok, I think I know how to fix this in quickbook. But that would
>> require having knowledge of the modification dates of included files
>> (via filesystem last_write_time perhaps?).
> 
> That won't work either. As file system timestamps also have no bearing 
> on when the content changed. Same example as before. Metacomm does a 
> clean build, which means that the archive is expanded each time and then 
> used to build stuff. Hence the access times will not correspond to 
> content changes.

Yah :(

>> I'll see what I can do.
>> If anyone has a better/simpler idea, I'm all ears.
> 
> Ah, better yes, simpler not likely ;-)
> 
[snip not simple suggestion]
> 
> OK, definitely not simpler :-\

Ok, here's a simpler suggestion: Allow

     [last-revision $Date: 2006/09/16 09:21:08 $]

on all qbk files and make quickbook use the latest date.

Thoughts?

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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