also sprach Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net> [2008.11.20.1435 +0100]:
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> By end user, I mean person downloading and building the sources.
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> They are optional build depdendencies.  They are provided pre-built,
> and won't be rebuilt unless they get outdated.  In the release
> tarball, the timestamps are correct, ensuring this never happens.
> When checking out with git, the timestamps are incorrect, and it
> attempts to rebuild something that's *already built*.

I know you will hate me, but I think the solution here is to fix the
toolchain and make those build dependencies required.

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