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Re: supporting deterministic 'ar'

From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
To: Chris Demetriou <cgd at google dot com>
Cc: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org, perry at piermont dot com
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:03:18 -0800
Subject: Re: supporting deterministic 'ar'
References: <2e7be40c0902070047y1eab3099m80fa6af279abd60f@mail.gmail.com> <4992EAE4.4060404@redhat.com> <2e7be40c0902110953j5adf878k4a45511fda719666@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Chris Demetriou <cgd@google.com> wrote:

>>> * any preference about flag name?
>>
>> Well I did think that "deterministic" was slightly off, because it implies that non-deterministic archives are random somehow, but I could not come up with a better suggestion.  So lets keep it as deterministic.
>
> I'd also thought about repeatable, reproducible, ...  but i like
> deterministic best, yeah.  8-)  if anybody has any better suggestions,
> feel free to send them to me off-list.
>
>

I have suggested "no-stamp".


-- 
H.J.

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