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> There is no tradeoff. You put a source code identifier into the build
> and not a build identifier. git describe --tags is e.g. an excellent
> source of such a source identifier, when one uses Git.

I use Mercurial.  Lets not spend yet more time in non-productive
discussions about git vs XYZ...

>> In my newer code I use a 'buildnumber' to know the differences
>> between versions
>
> Don't reinvent this. Use your version control system.

When this stuff was originally done neither git or hg existed, csv
sucked (still does because it can't rename a file etc) and svn was
just starting up.

That also make the code depended on the tool set which can be a long
term maintenance headache when you need to fix something in ten years
(it has happened more than once).
Yes, archive the tool set or the build machine itself etc etc...