Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH 2/3] barebox: add option for building barebox reproducibly

[Alexander Dahl <post@lespocky.de>]

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Hello Florian,

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 10:57:20AM +0000, Baeuerle, Florian wrote:
> SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH uses the ptxdist release number for the timestamp, thus the
> timestamp changes with every ptxdist release. I'd prefer to *really* get the
> same binary when the source code was not changed at all. A ptxdist version bump
> has a high potential of not touching anything barebox related.
> 
> I also do not like mangling the barebox version into a timestamp, but I couldn't
> come up with any better idea.

If I understood correctly, you want some timestamp which does not
change, as long as barebox is not touched. Why not base it on the
barebox version then? What would be the problem with that?

Greets
Alex

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