Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Salted build ids via linker sections

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Laura,

> This is an implementation of the counter proposal. If an environment variable
> is set, that value gets added as a .comment section to the necessary binaries.

This is not really my purview but ... can I just say that I really do not like
using environment variables to control build behaviour.  It makes reproducing a
build much harder.  Especially when you are trying to reproduce a bug report from
a user who does not even know that the environment variable exits.

Cheers
  Nick