|  | /* The date below is automatically updated every day by a bot.  During | 
|  | development, we include the date in the tools' version strings | 
|  | (visible in 'ld -v' etc.) because people build binutils from a | 
|  | variety of sources - git, tarballs, distro sources - and we want | 
|  | something that can easily identify the source they used when they | 
|  | report bugs.  The bfd version plus date is usually good enough for | 
|  | that purpose. | 
|  |  | 
|  | During development, this date ends up in libbfd and libopcodes | 
|  | sonames because people naturally expect shared libraries with the | 
|  | same soname to have compatible ABIs.  We could bump the bfd version | 
|  | on every ABI change, but that's just another thing contributors and | 
|  | maintainers would need to remember.  Instead, it's much easier for | 
|  | all if the soname contains the date.  This is not perfect but is | 
|  | good enough. | 
|  |  | 
|  | In releases, the date is not included in either version strings or | 
|  | sonames.  */ | 
|  | #define BFD_VERSION_DATE 20240104 | 
|  | #define BFD_VERSION @bfd_version@ | 
|  | #define BFD_VERSION_STRING  @bfd_version_package@ @bfd_version_string@ | 
|  | #define REPORT_BUGS_TO @report_bugs_to@ |