Re: [Monetdb-developers] Build date in Mserver startup info

Can't make be instructed to always compile or evaluate a file? Some python script could perhaps generate a little C file which has one method to return the (hard coded) date. This method might get called from instances who need it. In the worst case the end binary gets relinked I guess?

In priciple, this might be an option, but it will only work if one calles make in the top-level build directory. In case one calles make only in one of the subdirectories (e.g., src/gdk, or src/modules/plain), which is very convenient to speed-up the re-build process, your solution will not work, and hence result in an "inconsisten" build date.

I might think too simple

... or I'm thinking too complicated ... ;-) Stefan