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Re: lynx-dev identifying config/version info


From: dickey
Subject: Re: lynx-dev identifying config/version info
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 05:21:49 -0500 (EST)

> 
> > compiled with various options.  It would be 
> > nice if there were more info about the configuration 
> > in a compiled binary...  Any suggestions how this could 
> > be done?  I don't see any #ident strings in the code. 
>  
> This info is great for developers and hackers alike.  It is 

iirc, we suppress it for the anonoymous configurations.

> in Lynx already (go to the info page, " = ", and follow link 
> "[2]compile time options".  From the users point of view, 
> however, this is distractive junk that should not be included 
> in a production distribution, i.e., by default it should not 
> be compiled in, or it should be stripped out at release time. 
> Same as with ALL trace code, IMHO.  Don't get me wrong; it's 
> wonderful for development code.  I just don't see its place in 
> source code for release. 
>  
> __Henry 


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