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bug#20314: [PATCH] Make output of mdate-sh deterministic
From: |
Mathieu Lirzin |
Subject: |
bug#20314: [PATCH] Make output of mdate-sh deterministic |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:34:54 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Reiner Herrmann <address@hidden> writes:
> mdate-sh pretty-prints the modification time of a file.
> But it's output can vary depending on the timezone of
> the caller. Someone in timezone GMT-12 will get a different
> result (day) than someone in timezone GMT+12.
>
> As this output is also used to create/update stamp files,
> which influence the further build process, the build result
> can vary.
> To enable reproducible builds and to have a more deterministic
> build behavior, this change fixes the timezone to UTC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Reiner Herrmann <address@hidden>
> ---
> lib/mdate-sh | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Applied with slight modifications in commit
7c25c996d1c7c212a5981aa0e9c4434b6f33f7b8
Thanks.
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Mathieu Lirzin
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- bug#20314: [PATCH] Make output of mdate-sh deterministic,
Mathieu Lirzin <=