----- marcel.te...@oracle.com wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 03:17:03PM -0700, Craig Mohrman wrote: > > I'm in the process of fixing: > > > > 6518266 remove uses of __DATE__ / __TIME__ from perl > > > > so to make life easier for wsdiff and patch creators. > > > > Perl accesses the compilers __DATE__ and __TIME__ and > > puts that into the library libperl.so. > > So every compile of perl yields a new __DATE__ and __TIME__ > > giving possible false positives from wsdiff. > > > > perlbug (a perl script) also contains a date inside it. > > > > I was thinking of using a fixed point in time, say solaris fcs, > > to just set these variables but these times need to > > be updated when real changes happens, or not. > > I guess wsdiff can do its job of detecting real binary > > or script changes and act accordingly. > > > > Could use some ideas and feedback here. > > > > This build date of perl shows up with perl -V: > > $ perl -V | grep Compiled > > Compiled at May 28 2011 20:30:29 > > What about to completely remove such line? Why do we need a date of > compilation > printed?
Thanks Marcel. I was just concerned if this might be an interface of some sort. The bigger problem is perlbug. Maybe we shouldn't even ship perlbug. Thanks for your input. I need to think about this more. craig _______________________________________________ userland-discuss mailing list userland-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/userland-discuss
