Michael Morrell wrote:
I'm building some code that I want to make sure produces the same bits each
time. I ran into a case where the only difference between the result from
two different compilation is the names of some of the symbols.
For example, I may see the symbol name:
__PRETTY_FUNCTION__.20638
in the first build, and then:
__PRETTY_FUNCTION__.20694
in the second build.
I'm not sure if it will solve your problem, but GCC has a command-line
option for setting the random seed it uses to generate at least some
symbol names:
-frandom-seed=string
This option provides a seed that GCC uses when it would otherwise
use random numbers. It is used to generate certain symbol names that
have to be different in every compiled file. It is also used to place
unique stamps in coverage data files and the object files that produce
them. You can use the -frandom-seed option to produce reproducibly
identical object files.
The string should be different for every file you compile.
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Debugging-Options.html
Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock
