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apt-get upgrade does not usually upgrade a package, despite the name; 99.9% of the time it applies a bug or security fix, almost never changing any functionality or interface - and would result in the same config script.

And that assumes you actually have a config script, which is also a nontrivial assumption.

Djb redo lets you track e.g. security fixes that change libc.a if you are linking statically, but that's not usually done.

The only build system I know that guaranteed a rebuild whenever and only when it is needed is tup. (Assuming you have only file system inputs)



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