From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10407 invoked by alias); 14 Jan 2014 00:56:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 10383 invoked by uid 89); 14 Jan 2014 00:56:28 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-pa0-f42.google.com Received: from mail-pa0-f42.google.com (HELO mail-pa0-f42.google.com) (209.85.220.42) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:56:26 +0000 Received: by mail-pa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id kl14so718111pab.29 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:56:25 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.66.255.39 with SMTP id an7mr32848811pad.7.1389660985089; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:56:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from bubble.grove.modra.org ([101.166.26.37]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id e6sm41141740pbg.4.2014.01.13.16.56.22 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:56:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by bubble.grove.modra.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DAD95EA00C8; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:26:19 +1030 (CST) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:56:00 -0000 From: Alan Modra To: Tom Tromey Cc: Dmitry Samersoff , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Background of daily update changeset? Message-ID: <20140114005619.GN5390@bubble.grove.modra.org> References: <52BE7F20.8010709@samersoff.net> <87k3e33i72.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87k3e33i72.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-01/txt/msg00017.txt.bz2 On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:28:01AM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote: > >>>>> "Dmitry" == Dmitry Samersoff 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