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Re: meaning of "Automatic date update in version.in" commits
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- To: Petr Ovtchenkov <ptr at void-ptr dot info>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:16:45 +0200
- Subject: Re: meaning of "Automatic date update in version.in" commits
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- References: <20170920173622.28500ccf@void-ptr.info>
On Sep 20 2017, Petr Ovtchenkov <ptr@void-ptr.info> wrote:
> What is the meaning of "Automatic date update in version.in" commits?
> I mean commits like f625a739e5.
It is used to name the shared libbfd and libopcodes, since there is no
stable ABI.
> This commits litter commits tree and create problems for
> deterministic, bit-identical and/or verifiable builds.
Why is that a problem? The version is fixed for a particular source
snapshot.
Andreas.
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