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Re: One version number, &c, take two

On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 05:21:08PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > After some shakeout time in gcc only, presumably they could start
> > using a similar scheme?  (yes, I would help adapt scripts and
> > makefiles as necessary.)
> 
> Have you asked to see if they're even interested?

The binutils date scheme was designed to work with K&R compilers, so no
string pasting.  That makes it unnecessarily complicated.  I've had
plans to update it ever since we switched to requiring an ISO C
compiler, so Zack's changes are most welcome.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre
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