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Den 12/11/2010 kl. 21.20 skrev Giorgos Keramidas:

>>=20
>> Since the SVN rev. is recorded, I think a timestamp is redundant. Any
>> ideas where I can disable the timestamps in the source?
>=20
> The timestamp is not 'redundant'.  It records _when_ you compiled the
> sources of the kernel, which in itself is a useful bit of information.

I'm curious as to why this might be useful? Would the mtime of the file =
not be be sufficient? I can only think of debugging purposes, but apart =
from the timestamp, two kernels with the same rev. would be bitwise =
identical, so I think the rev. number is more useful. Is the timestamp =
not just a remnant from the CVS days?

If it is useful, why not brand all binaries with a rev. number and a =
timestamp?

Erik=

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