On Di, 2015-02-03 at 10:58 -0500, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 01:23:53PM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > The timestamp and hostname carries no value for the default build. If
> > its really required in special environment, or if someone is emotionally
> > attached to such strings,
On Tue, Feb 03, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> Even with this, the build timestamp is still useful during development
> cycles (when the head may be dirty). And the hostname/timestamp are
> useful as a way of backtracking to the gcc/binutils environment on
> trouble reports even from official releases.
On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 07:22:49PM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > > > What breaks if the version changes?
> > >
> > > Reproducible builds; allowing to create a consensus that a particular
> > > binary is indeed the correct binary for a particular source code.
> >
> > That i
Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > > What breaks if the version changes?
> >
> > Reproducible builds; allowing to create a consensus that a particular
> > binary is indeed the correct binary for a particular source code.
>
> That is useful. A solution for stabilizing gcc/binutils output would
> also need
On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 06:31:46PM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > > Once this patch is applied it is possible to get reproducible builds of
> > > Xens hvmloader.
> >
> > I've found the version information to be quite helpful when we get
> > trouble reports - it helps indicat
On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 04:38:15PM +, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-02-03 at 10:58 -0500, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 01:23:53PM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > > The timestamp and hostname carries no value for the default build. If
> > > its really required in special
Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > Once this patch is applied it is possible to get reproducible builds of
> > Xens hvmloader.
>
> I've found the version information to be quite helpful when we get
> trouble reports - it helps indicate what was being run and who built
> the code (eg, distribution or local)
On Tue, 2015-02-03 at 10:58 -0500, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 01:23:53PM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > The timestamp and hostname carries no value for the default build. If
> > its really required in special environment, or if someone is emotionally
> > attached to such strings
On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 01:23:53PM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> The timestamp and hostname carries no value for the default build. If
> its really required in special environment, or if someone is emotionally
> attached to such strings, it is is handled by existing logic a few lines
> above: provide
The timestamp and hostname carries no value for the default build. If
its really required in special environment, or if someone is emotionally
attached to such strings, it is is handled by existing logic a few lines
above: provide your own .version file
Once this patch is applied it is possible to
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