_DATE__, version string, and distros

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:25:42 -0700
Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> >> So the second step is to add a way to override the time stamp from
> >> autorevision.  That will also solve my problem of getting useful
> >> info from the version string.  
> 
> > Debug mode only?  
> 
> There already is too much tangled up with debug.
> I've been assuming it would be a new option.

Oh, yeah, me too, sorry for lack of clarity.

> >> If we don't want to break the build-repro guarantee, we
> >> have to put the new date into a file or update the last
> >>commit date.  
> > commit date is fine.  
> 
> Commit date alone doesn't solve my problem.

Correct, it solves the repro problem.

> I want an option that
> shows that I've made some edits that aren't committed.

Just a flag?  Maybe waf runs git status and makes a flag from the result?

RGDS
GARY
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