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[Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 16 August 2013 11:29, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> The bug report is no longer relevant, or was incorrect to being with. This
> bug is not present with EESCHEMA Schematic File Version 2.
>
> However, the *-cache.lib file still gets updated with a fresh timestamp
> every time the schematic is saved, even if there are no changes.
>
> Can I get rid of the timestamp that is inserted at the top of .lib files,
> or at least track, and only update the *-cache.lib file if it has other
> changes?
>
> The library loader entirely ignores the timestamp anyway so my preference
> would just be to remove it entirely.
>
> Best Regards, Brian.
>
>
I guess CPM_LIBRARY::isModified gets modified for *-cache.lib even though
it hasn't actually changed because without any other modifications the
timestamp is modified. This behaviour could (and should) be fixed, but I'd
also like to remove the timestamp completely because it is of no use.

Best Regards, Brian.