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From: Cory Fields <cory@coryfields.com>
To: binutils <binutils@sourceware.org>
Cc: nick clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Subject: Deterministic windres coff output
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:02:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAApLimhpJ+yZuVrT6ecBdb=kTpDX7M6SNFpsQQjfPnum_ZjvLw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

While in the process of adding an option to create deterministic
.exe/dll from ld, I noticed that timestamps are also inserted into
object files produced by windres.
So the output of windres (in coff mode) is never deterministic.

I began hooking up an option for reversing this, but the more I think
about it, the more it's beginning to seem like a bug rather than
intended behavior.

So before I go any further with adding an option, I'll ask:
Is it necessary to insert a real timestamp in this situation? If ld is
not deterministic then the resulting image won't be either, so the
end-result is (relatively) unaffected. Unless of course a
deterministic image is desired in the end (with forthcoming patches to
ld), in which case this behavior gets in the way.

I can send along a patch either way, but changing the behavior without
adding an option makes the most sense to me.

Please advise.

Regards,
Cory

             reply	other threads:[~2013-10-15 22:02 UTC|newest]

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2013-10-15 22:02 Cory Fields [this message]
2013-11-14 14:19 ` nick clifton

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