[Pkg-pascal-devel] help needed

[Paul Gevers]

Hi,

On 01-12-15 22:44, Paul Gevers wrote:
> I used the attached patch, but any subsequent build of the fpcsrc/ide
> without defining SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH fails to use the current date. Even
> forcing SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH while building the IDE, still results in the
> "about" window showing the timestamp of my fpc changelog, i.e. the value
> of SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH of the compiling of fpcsrc/compiler/globals.pas. Do
> you have a clue why this code is not dynamically checking for the
> environmental variable, but instead seems to check the variable once.
> 
> I thought I finally understood how it worked, but apparently not.

Never mind, the string in the "about" window is apparently pick up
somewhere else, that I already patch (I will figure it out).

fp -v shows the date I expect.

Paul

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