| /* 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 20231025 | 
 | #define BFD_VERSION @bfd_version@ | 
 | #define BFD_VERSION_STRING  @bfd_version_package@ @bfd_version_string@ | 
 | #define REPORT_BUGS_TO @report_bugs_to@ |