On Fri 2017-10-06 10:00:27 +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> If it were hardcoded into the filenames, one wouldn't need to do
> anything onerous, eg.
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 Oct 6 09:56
> helloworld.adc83b19e793491b1c6ea0fd8b46cd9f32e592fc.class
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 Oct 6 09:56
> helloworld.adc83b19e793491b1c6ea0fd8b46cd9f32e592fc.clj
>
> (Not entirely serious)
ah! i hadn't even thought of that :) I wonder whether any language
would consider such a construct.
> Just to underline, Python in Debian would not be a problem even with <
> unless you consider building a .deb with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="$(date +%s)"
> and installing that very same .deb within same second...
>
> … but I understand you were being more general about this topic!
yep, exactly -- i'm not saying that python is broken in debian, just
citing it as an example of another language that does the same kind of
thing, similarly to elisp, etc.
--dkg
