Re: Background of daily update changeset?
Alan Modra <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:28:01AM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote: > >>>>> "Dmitry" == Dmitry Samersoff <[email protected]> writes: > > Dmitry> What is the goal of daily update of BFD_VERSION_DATE? > > I think you'd be better off asking on the binutils list. > > My guess is that it's so that snapshots can be exactly identified. Yes. HJ distributes his "Linux binutils", based on snapshots of mainline plus some extra patches. Other people distribute snapshots too. The date gives us some chance of tying Joe User's bug report to the source. > FWIW I'm not really convinced it is all that useful. I agree that it doesn't make much sense for gdb.. -- Alan Modra Australia Development Lab, IBM