Re: patch: make build.sh create deterministic C++ output

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>]

Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost> writes:
> On Mon, 04 Aug 2008, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> The following patch turns on Joerg's BUILDSEED feature for all
>> build.sh builds. It sets BUILDSEED to NetBSD-majorversion (i.e. right
>> now, NetBSD-4, soon NetBSD-5, etc.), and provides a -S flag so that
>> the BUILDSEED may be set to a different value if people wish.
>
> I think it would be better to use majorversion.minorversion, so that
> -current gets a number that's distinguishable from earlier major
> releases (for example, 4.99, 5.0, 5.1, ...).

Unfortunately, that would obviate the point of the patch.

We want to be able to do binary patch upgrades from 5.0 and 5.1 -- if
the build were not reproduceable between them, it would eliminate the
ability to do that.

Perry
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