src: Remove __DATE__ from internal error messages.

The date didn't really add much information (it is the day on which the
code happened to be compiled) and it prevents creating reproducible builds.

Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard <[email protected]>

5 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 858d0f7a..c8ddff69 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-03-14  Mark Wielaard  <[email protected]>
+
+	* nm.c (INTERNAL_ERROR): Remove __DATE__.
+	* objdump.c (INTERNAL_ERROR): Likewise.
+	* size.c (INTERNAL_ERROR): Likewise.
+	* strip.c (INTERNAL_ERROR): Likewise.
+
 2015-03-18  Petr Machata  <[email protected]>
 
 	* readelf.c (dwarf_tag_string, dwarf_attr_string)
diff --git a/src/nm.c b/src/nm.c
index 915153fa..67fb4c29 100644
--- a/src/nm.c
+++ b/src/nm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Print symbol information from ELF file in human-readable form.
-   Copyright (C) 2000-2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2000-2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
    This file is part of elfutils.
    Written by Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]>, 2000.
 
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ static int handle_elf (Elf *elf, const char *prefix, const char *fname,
 
 
 #define INTERNAL_ERROR(fname) \
-  error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, gettext ("%s: INTERNAL ERROR %d (%s-%s): %s"),      \
-	 fname, __LINE__, PACKAGE_VERSION, __DATE__, elf_errmsg (-1))
+  error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, gettext ("%s: INTERNAL ERROR %d (%s): %s"),      \
+	 fname, __LINE__, PACKAGE_VERSION, elf_errmsg (-1))
 
 
 /* Internal representation of symbols.  */
diff --git a/src/objdump.c b/src/objdump.c
index 87290ccb..b689024b 100644
--- a/src/objdump.c
+++ b/src/objdump.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Print information from ELF file in human-readable form.
-   Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
    This file is part of elfutils.
    Written by Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]>, 2005.
 
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ static int handle_elf (Elf *elf, const char *prefix, const char *fname,
 
 
 #define INTERNAL_ERROR(fname) \
-  error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, gettext ("%s: INTERNAL ERROR %d (%s-%s): %s"),      \
-	 fname, __LINE__, PACKAGE_VERSION, __DATE__, elf_errmsg (-1))
+  error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, gettext ("%s: INTERNAL ERROR %d (%s): %s"),      \
+	 fname, __LINE__, PACKAGE_VERSION, elf_errmsg (-1))
 
 
 /* List of sections which should be used.  */
diff --git a/src/size.c b/src/size.c
index 0e7e41e4..0ec1139b 100644
--- a/src/size.c
+++ b/src/size.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Print size information from ELF file.
-   Copyright (C) 2000-2007,2009,2012,2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2000-2007,2009,2012,2014,2015 Red Hat, Inc.
    This file is part of elfutils.
    Written by Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]>, 2000.
 
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static void handle_elf (Elf *elf, const char *fullname, const char *fname);
 static void show_bsd_totals (void);
 
 #define INTERNAL_ERROR(fname) \
-  error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, gettext ("%s: INTERNAL ERROR %d (%s-%s): %s"),      \
-	 fname, __LINE__, PACKAGE_VERSION, __DATE__, elf_errmsg (-1))
+  error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, gettext ("%s: INTERNAL ERROR %d (%s): %s"),      \
+	 fname, __LINE__, PACKAGE_VERSION, elf_errmsg (-1))
 
 
 /* User-selectable options.  */
diff --git a/src/strip.c b/src/strip.c
index 2b217996..c003647a 100644
--- a/src/strip.c
+++ b/src/strip.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Discard section not used at runtime from object files.
-   Copyright (C) 2000-2012, 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2000-2012, 2014, 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
    This file is part of elfutils.
    Written by Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]>, 2000.
 
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ static int handle_ar (int fd, Elf *elf, const char *prefix, const char *fname,
 		      struct timeval tvp[2]);
 
 #define INTERNAL_ERROR(fname) \
-  error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, gettext ("%s: INTERNAL ERROR %d (%s-%s): %s"),      \
-	 fname, __LINE__, PACKAGE_VERSION, __DATE__, elf_errmsg (-1))
+  error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, gettext ("%s: INTERNAL ERROR %d (%s): %s"),      \
+	 fname, __LINE__, PACKAGE_VERSION, elf_errmsg (-1))
 
 
 /* Name of the output file.  */