Small Device C Compiler (SDCC) / Feature Requests / #440 Make reproducible builds of sdcc easier by simplifying version string

The Small Device C Compiler (SDCC), targeting 8-bit architectures

#440 Make reproducible builds of sdcc easier by simplifying version string

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Status: closed-fixed

Owner: Philipp Klaus Krause

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Priority: 5

Updated: 2015-06-24

Created: 2015-06-16

Creator: Philipp Klaus Krause

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Make reproducible builds of sdcc easier.
Reproducible builds have become an important issue, e.g. due to man-in-the-middle-attacks on repositories. See https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/About for more on reproducible builds.
Having a quick look, I noticed one issue that makes building sdcc in a reproducible way hard: The build date goes into the info string for sdcc --version. IMO, it would be best to just remove it; it seems mor confusing than useful to users anyway.

So this is a feature request to remove getBuildDate() from src/SDCCUtil.c.

Philipp

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Diego Herranz - 2015-06-16

I agree.

Diego

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Philipp Klaus Krause - 2015-06-18

Patch with proposed changes attached.

Philipp

reprod.patch

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Ben Shi - 2015-06-19

So we will apply the patch after 3.5.0?

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- Philipp Klaus Krause - 2015-06-19
  
  If no one objects, yes.
  
  Philipp
  
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Philipp Klaus Krause - 2015-06-24

assigned_to: Philipp Klaus Krause

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Philipp Klaus Krause - 2015-06-24

Fixed in revision #9259.

Philipp

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Philipp Klaus Krause - 2015-06-24

status: open --> closed-fixed
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