Is it possible to build an executable on Cygwin so that subsequent
builds (with no change in source) produce identical results? Currently,
the timestamp embedded in executables prevents this. (I don't know if
that's the only obstacle.)
For example:
$ cat hello.c
#include <stdio.h>
int
main ()
{
printf("Hello, world!\n");
return 0;
}
$ gcc hello.c -o hello1
$ gcc hello.c -o hello2
$ objdump -p hello1.exe | grep Time/Date
Time/Date Wed May 4 09:20:24 2016
$ objdump -p hello2.exe | grep Time/Date
Time/Date Wed May 4 09:20:29 2016
My actual use case is that I'm building a package that produces a large
number of executables. If I make a change in one source file, I'd like
to be able to know which executables change.
Ken
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