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Re: Building unique object files and binaries
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
- To: nelcomp at attglobal dot net
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 22 Nov 2001 13:13:53 -0800
- Subject: Re: Building unique object files and binaries
- References: <3BFD2E77.50200@attglobal.net>
- Reply-to: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>
"Ian S. Nelson" <nelcomp@attglobal.net> writes:
> I'm sure this has been discussed before but is there a patch or any
> desire to modify gcc to add timestamping and some sort of unique
> identifier to each object file output (or maybe this is a binutils
> thing) so that they are all different and unique for the purpose of
> identification?
There is a strong desire to _remove_ timestamps and unique identifiers
from object files, so that they can be compared. A very useful part
of GCC's testing relies on object files being able to be compared.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> <geoffk@redhat.com>