On Mon, Mar 23, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 20.03.15 at 18:24, <o...@aepfle.de> wrote: > > To allow reproducible builds of hvmloader introduce a make variable > > SMBIOS_REL_DATE=mm/dd/yyyy to provide a fixed date string. Without this > > change the hvmloader binary changes with every rebuild. > > I don't really object to this change, but didn't we discuss using > smbios.c's time stamp instead, which then would properly reflect > eventual changes during incremental builds along with producing > unchanged output when there hasn't been any change?
Using the file timestamp will actually break the attempt to get a reproducible build if the file is patched during package build. With each rebuild patch(1) will alter the timestamp. Olaf _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel