You could let make on every invokation generate a build_date.c file
echo "const char *BUILD_DATE=\"`date -R`\";" > build_date.c
and let the file who needs the build date include it. This way it always gets recompiled.
I'll think about it ...
to quickly check whether my automated nightly build has succeeded or not.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ hm, I guess, we need to talk ... ;-)
Well, it's just a makefile which does a cvs update; make clean; ./bootstrap etc, nothing really fancy here :)
well, to see whether you automated nightly build has succeeded, you could of course simply check the output or return status of make ... ;-) Stefan -- | Dr. Stefan Manegold | mailto:Stefan.Manegold@cwi.nl | | CWI, P.O.Box 94079 | http://www.cwi.nl/~manegold/ | | 1090 GB Amsterdam | Tel.: +31 (20) 592-4212 | | The Netherlands | Fax : +31 (20) 592-4312 |