Compiling Twice with Delphi 6 and getting the same checksum on the binary

Question

For the purposes of binary / source code verification, i\'d like to be able to make two compiles on the same computer 2 weeks apart and have the binaries be identical and th

Answer 1

We researched this question a few years ago, and as I recall the answer was simply that the people at Borland/Codegear/Embarcadero do not subscribe to the notion that the compiler should produce exactly the same output given exactly the same input (given that the current date-time is not acceptable to consider as input).

This is disappointing, but given that Delphi is upmteen major versions old, it probably will not change.