From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philipp Stephani
> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:01:30 +0000
>
> OK, here's a patch.
Thanks.=C2=A0 A few minor comments.
> +AC_ARG_ENABLE(deterministic-dump,
> +[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-deterministic-dump],
> +=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 [Make dumping= deterministic by removing system-specific
> +=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 information f= rom the dump, such as host names and
> +=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 timestamps.])= ])
I'd prefer calling this "deterministic-build", so that we cou= ld use it
to solve any other similar problems unrelated to dumping.=C2=A0 Maybe even<= br> "reproducible-build".
> +=C2=A0 DEFVAR_BOOL ("deterministic-dump", Vdeterministic_du= mp,
> +=C2=A0 =C2=A0 doc: /* If t, attempt to make dumping deterministic by = avoiding
I think the usual style is "If non-nil".
> +sources of nondeterminism such as absolute paths, the hostname, or
GNU coding standards frown on using "path" for anything that isn&= #39;t
PATH-style list of directories.=C2=A0 Please use "file name" inst= ead.