-v should print also the revision number in repo

[Andrew Pinski]

On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, U.Mutlu <um@mutluit.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> currently -v (ie. gcc -v) prints these data:
>
> gcc version 9.0.0 20180613 (experimental) (GCC)
>
> It would be nice, when building from a repository that then the resulting
> target should contain also the revision number (for example "r261543")
> of the underlying repository, so that gcc -v then prints this info as well.
>
> Maybe the respective revision nbr of the repository used (svn, git, ...),
> or perhaps better: a new generic solution with a unique & common rev-nbr
> for all repos (and non-repos): a new file with rev-info in the repo-root
> could do the trick, IMO...


If you use contrib/gcc_update, it will place the right thing in the needed
file and will display the revision.

Thanks,
Andrew



>
> Thx
>