From 2feaf952614cbe5d5f04e5c64a4ad881b7da28df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ethan <ethan.hawk@valpo.edu>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:03:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] preserve installed file timestamps throughout kiss

install_files(): preserve the timestamps

This patch fixes packages which rely on using the timestamp of their
installed files to determine "newness", where if a file is newer, they
will automatically recompile it. This patch prevents those recompilations,
since the timestamps are now at their expected value. We only run `touch`
on non-symlink files, since if we run touch on symlinks, we can run into
file resolution errors, which will abort the installation of packages and
result in a dirty filesystem.

pkg_swap(): also preserve timestamps
---
 kiss | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 0d7b69a..0706064 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1355,8 +1355,9 @@ pkg_swap() {
         log "Swapping '$2' from '$_owns' to '$1'"
 
         # Convert the current owner to an alternative and rewrite its manifest
-        # file to reflect this.
+        # file to reflect this. Also ensure that timestamps are preserved.
         cp -Pf "$KISS_ROOT$2" "$sys_ch/$_owns>${_fnr#*>}"
+        ! [ -h "$KISS_ROOT$2" ] && touch -r "$KISS_ROOT$2" "$sys_ch/$_owns>${_fnr#*>}"
         pkg_manifest_replace "$_owns" "$2" "/$cho_db/$_owns>${_fnr#*>}"
     fi
 
@@ -1438,6 +1439,9 @@ pkg_install_files() {
                 # temporary name created above.
                 cp -fP "$2$file" "$__tmp" &&
 
+                # Ensure timestamps are preserved.
+                if ! [ -h "$2$file" ]; then touch -r "$2$file" "$__tmp"; fi &&
+
                 # Atomically move the temporary file to its final
                 # destination. The running processes will either get
                 # the old file or the new one.