in order to make builds reproducible. See https://reproducible-builds.org/ for why this is good and https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/ for the definition of this variable.
--- version 2 using if+else to match style of the remainder of the script --- configure | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure b/configure index 45eddf1..7b57992 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -550,7 +550,11 @@ then split_seconds=$ntp_era_split split_days=0 else - split_seconds=`date '+%s'` + if [ "x$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" != "x" ]; then + split_seconds=$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH + else + split_seconds=`date '+%s'` + fi if [ "x$split_seconds" = "x" ]; then echo "error: could not get current time, --with-ntp-era option is needed" exit 1 -- 2.13.6 -- To unsubscribe email chrony-dev-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "unsubscribe" in the subject. For help email chrony-dev-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "help" in the subject. Trouble? Email listmas...@chrony.tuxfamily.org.