Re: [Module::Build] Preserving files' executable bits, once more

[Randy W. S. <ml...@th...>]

Ken Williams wrote:
> 
> On Apr 8, 2006, at 11:17 PM, Randy W. Sims wrote:
> 
>>
>> Borrowing code from ExtUtils::Install::install() and ::pm_to_blib (), 
>> the copy_if_modified() method now preserves file mode and  timestamps.
> 
> 
> Sounds good to preserve mode, but I'm not sure we want to preserve  
> timestamps.  Seems like the timestamp can be a useful indicator of  when 
> a file got updated.

Hmm, I hadn't really thought too much about it. I was copying the 
behavior of MakeMaker via ExtUtils::Install, basically copying the code 
verbatim from there. I'm not sure too many people would argue it either 
way though.

I'll go ahead and back out the timestamp change if there are no arguments.

Randy.