Eric Blake wrote: > And adding timestamps aids in tracking whether projects are using the > latest bootstrap.
That seems useful. ... > Subject: [PATCH] bootstrap, git-version-gen: use timestamp > > Timestamps are useful, particularly for files copied into other > packages, to see how long since a file has forked. > > * build-aux/git-version-gen (scriptversion): Force UTC. > * build-aux/bootstrap (scriptversion): New variable. ... > +# time-stamp-end: "; # UTC" Those look fine. Though you might want to drop the semicolon in each. It's needed in that context in perl scripts, but not in bourne shell ones.
