[rb-general] [PATCH] add argument -fixed-time to set all timestamp to one

[Chris Lamb]

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intrigeri wrote:

> For Tails reproducible builds
[…]
> I would not be surprised if Chris Lamb (Cc'ed) followed-up on this
> with an improved patch that honors $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
> for -mkfs-fixed-time :)

Indeed; attached.

I have a strong preference for the the environment variable approach.

Not only have we found that honouring SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is far easier
and more intuitive for end-users to adopt in their build systems (rather
than ensuring they are passing the right set of command-line arguments),
it is also backwards-compatible with previous versions of mksquashfs,
preventing the need for ugly version checking.


Regards,

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