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Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> >> Does the awk program work also with GNU awk -c and/or awk on OS X and 
> >> *BSD?
> >
> > That would only convert a "not all systems have GNU date (or GNU binutils) 
> > by default" problem into a "not all systems have GNU awk" problem, IMO.
> 
>        -c
>        --traditional

Actually, it is far better to completely remove the build date from
the binary. This allows the program to be built reproducibly, which
is important.

Including the source date is perfectly fine however, and should be
easy enough to include either by way of autotools or VCS tool.


//Peter

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