Hi, attached are two additional patches which remove timestamps from the output of dvips in the comments of Postscript documents.
Regards, Reiner
From: Reiner Herrmann <rei...@reiner-h.de> Subject: Don't include "CreationDate:" in ps files generated by dvips --- a/texk/dvipsk/dvips.h +++ b/texk/dvipsk/dvips.h @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ /* This file is the header for dvips's global data structures. */ -#define CREATIONDATE #define MAX_CODE 0x110000 #define MAX_2BYTES_CODE 0x10000
From: Reiner Herrmann <rei...@reiner-h.de>
Subject: Don't output the current date/time in the preamble
It is embedded by other tools like dvips into documents.
--- a/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftex.web
+++ b/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftex.web
@@ -14434,10 +14434,7 @@
dvi_four(25400000); dvi_four(473628672); {conversion ratio for sp}
prepare_mag; dvi_four(mag); {magnification factor is frozen}
old_setting:=selector; selector:=new_string;
- print(" TeX output "); print_int(year); print_char(".");
- print_two(month); print_char("."); print_two(day);
- print_char(":"); print_two(time div 60);
- print_two(time mod 60);
+ print(" TeX output ");
selector:=old_setting; dvi_out(cur_length);
for s:=str_start[str_ptr] to pool_ptr-1 do dvi_out(so(str_pool[s]));
pool_ptr:=str_start[str_ptr]; {flush the current string}
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