On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 09:24:00AM -0500, Christos Zoulas wrote: > Because we want keep the checksums of all the files identical. Since some > files (like tar files or random archives contain timestamps, this is > impossible > without choosing a particular timestamp).
Yes, I understand, but I disagree with that idea. Who cares about tar files and why? Lazyness or strange manifestos are no good reason to complicate the build system and use bogus timestamps. > | (b) why we need special cvs hacks to get this when the build cluster > | already knows the cvs date stamp (and uses it apparently, as it is > | in the uname of the crated kernels already) > > This is the time the build cluster started a checkout, not the time of > the last checkin. Yes, and it is well documented and easy to reproduce. Why do any more magic? Martin
