878205 - gbdate.pl is unused and can be removed

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

We have a utility perl-script layout/build/gbdate.pl, which when run, just prints out (to the terminal):
> #define PRODUCT_VERSION "20130531"
(that's the current date)

We don't use this #define anywhere (though some chromium & NSS code happens to use the same name):
http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/search?string=PRODUCT_VERSION&case=on&find=&findi=&filter=^[^\0]*%24&hitlimit=&tree=mozilla-central

Plus, it hasn't been touched (aside from the license block) in over 10 years:
http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvslog.cgi?file=mozilla/layout/build/gbdate.pl&rev=HEAD&mark=1.5
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/filelog/4c7a395fadcc/layout/build/gbdate.pl

I think we can get rid of it.

Comment 1

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

Forgot to mention -- no other file in the tree has any mention of this file:
 http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/search?string=gbdate.pl
so nothing invokes it, and we don't have any comments that refer to it.

Comment 2

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

Attachment: fix: remove it

Comment 3

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/47692704aba1

Comment 4

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/47692704aba1