Opportunity to generate build timestamp via make buildstamped

Makefile.am

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ xorriso_xorriso_SOURCES = \
 	xorriso/xorriso.c \
 	xorriso/xorrisoburn.h \
 	xorriso/xorrisoburn.c \
-	xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
+	xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h \
+	xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h
 
 
 # Install symbolic links to the xorriso binary
@@ -52,6 +53,27 @@ install-exec-hook:
 	if test -e $(bindir)/osirrox ; then rm $(bindir)/osirrox ; else echo ; fi
 	ln -s xorriso $(bindir)/osirrox
 
+
+# Trying to create a build timestamp file
+#
+buildstamp:
+	date -u '+#define Xorriso_build_timestamP "%Y.%m.%d.%H%M%S"' >xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h
+	cat xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h
+
+# For now   make buildstamped  has to be performed explicitely.
+buildstamped: buildstamp
+	make
+#
+# Processing of the "all:" rule happens too late.
+# How to create a dependency of xorriso.c on buildstamp ?
+# Not working:
+# Add xorriso_buildstamp.h to xorriso_xorriso_SOURCES and make it depend
+# on buildstamp. It runs. But at quite random occasions.
+# xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h: buildstamp
+#
+# all: buildstamp
+
+
 ## Build test applications
 noinst_PROGRAMS = \
 	test/compare_file
@@ -129,6 +151,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	COPYING \
 	INSTALL \
 	xorriso/changelog.txt \
+	xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp_none.h \
 	xorriso/README \
 	$(man_MANS)
 

xorriso/make_xorriso_standalone.sh

@@ -124,12 +124,17 @@ copy_files \
  xorriso/xorrisoburn.[ch] \
  xorriso/xorriso.[ch1] \
  xorriso/xorriso_private.h \
+ \
  xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h \
+ \
  xorriso/changelog.txt \
  xorriso/xorriso_eng.html \
  xorriso/man_1_xorriso.html \
  "$lone_dir"/xorriso
 
+copy_files xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp_none.h \
+           "$lone_dir"/xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h
+
 create_dir "$lone_dir"/test
 copy_files \
  test/compare_file.c \

xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#ifndef Xorriso_build_timestamP
+#define Xorriso_build_timestamP "-none-given-"
+#endif

xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp_none.h

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#ifndef Xorriso_build_timestamP
+#define Xorriso_build_timestamP "-none-given-"
+#endif

xorriso/xorriso_makefile_am.txt

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ xorriso_xorriso_SOURCES = \
 	xorriso/xorrisoburn.h \
 	xorriso/xorrisoburn.c \
 	xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h \
+	xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h \
 	\
 	libisoburn/libisoburn.h \
 	libisoburn/isoburn.h \
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@ xorriso_xorriso_SOURCES = \
 	\
 	version.h
 
-
 noinst_PROGRAMS = \
 	test/compare_file
 
@@ -159,6 +159,26 @@ install-exec-hook:
 	if test -e $(bindir)/osirrox ; then rm $(bindir)/osirrox ; else echo ; fi
 	ln -s xorriso $(bindir)/osirrox
 
+
+# Trying to create a build timestamp file
+#
+buildstamp:
+	date -u '+#define Xorriso_build_timestamP "%Y.%m.%d.%H%M%S"' >xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h
+	cat xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h
+
+# For now   make buildstamped  has to be performed manually.
+buildstamped: buildstamp
+	make
+#
+# Processing of the "all:" rule happens too late.
+# How to create a dependency of xorriso.c on buildstamp ?
+# Not working:
+# Add xorriso_buildstamp.h to xorriso_xorriso_SOURCES and make it depend
+# on buildstamp. It runs. But at quite random occasions.
+# xorriso/xorriso_buildstamp.h: buildstamp
+#
+# all: buildstamp
+
 ## ========================================================================= ##
 
 # Indent source files

xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h

@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.07.09.055133"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.07.09.155540"