From f82196dfc9a387a6c4c04592d0bfc7fa7f9d873c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:06:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] minor patch optimization

---
 direct/src/p3d/Packager.py | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/direct/src/p3d/Packager.py b/direct/src/p3d/Packager.py
index 89f2f9918c..e20509348e 100644
--- a/direct/src/p3d/Packager.py
+++ b/direct/src/p3d/Packager.py
@@ -391,14 +391,20 @@ class Packager:
             
             self.multifile = Multifile()
 
-            if self.p3dApplication:
-                self.multifile.setHeaderPrefix('#! /usr/bin/env panda3d\n')
-
             # Write the multifile to a temporary filename until we
             # know enough to determine the output filename.
             multifileFilename = Filename.temporary('', self.packageName + '.', '.mf')
             self.multifile.openReadWrite(multifileFilename)
 
+            if self.p3dApplication:
+                # p3d files should be tagged to make them executable.
+                self.multifile.setHeaderPrefix('#! /usr/bin/env panda3d\n')
+            else:
+                # Package multifiles might be patched, and therefore
+                # don't want to record an internal timestamp, which
+                # would make patching less efficient.
+                self.multifile.setRecordTimestamp(False)
+
             self.extracts = []
             self.components = []