--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/02/16 11:58:12	1689
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/02/16 12:00:59	1690
@@ -171,8 +171,9 @@
 	mtime=$(stat -c %Y "${reference}")
 	touch \
 		--no-create \
+		--no-dereference \
 		--time=mtime \
-		--reference "${reference}" \
+		--reference="${reference}" \
 		"${pathto}"
 
 	echo "${mtime}"
@@ -414,13 +415,13 @@
 
 		ln -snf "${link}" "${MROOT}${pathto}"
 
-# 		# fix mtime and db
-# 		fix_descriptor ${pkgname}/.symlinks \
-# 			"${pathto}" \
-# 			"${posix}" \
-# 			"${link}" \
-# 			"$(fix_mtime "${BUILDDIR}/${pkgname}"/.mtime \
-# 				"${MROOT}${pathto}")"
+ 		# fix mtime and db
+ 		fix_descriptor ${pkgname}/.symlinks \
+ 			"${pathto}" \
+ 			"${posix}" \
+ 			"${link}" \
+ 			"$(fix_mtime "${BUILDDIR}/${pkgname}"/.mtime \
+ 				"${MROOT}${pathto}")"
 
 	done < ${BUILDDIR}/${pkgname}/.symlinks
 
@@ -807,20 +808,9 @@
 
 	mtime="$(stat -c %Y ${MROOT}${INSTALLDB}/${pfull}/.mtime)"
 
-	# if $pathto is a symlink than compare linked binary
-	if [ -L "${MROOT}${pathto}" ]
-	then
-		# readlink -f resolves full path of linked file
-		x="$(readlink -f "${MROOT}${pathto}")"
-
-		# abort if target does not exists
-		# we keep safe here, theoretically the link can removed
-		[ ! -e "${x}" ] && return 1
-
-		x=$(stat -c %Y "${x}")
-	else
-		x=$(stat -c %Y "${MROOT}${pathto}")
-	fi
+	# no extra handlink for symlinks anymore as fix_mtime
+	# uses --no-dereference, compare directly
+	x=$(stat -c %Y "${MROOT}${pathto}")
 
 	[[ ${mtime} = ${x} ]] && return 0