[SeaBIOS] [PATCH 0/3] Don't allow version override; use reproducible by default

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Thu Oct 22 09:56:44 CEST 2015


  Hi,

> > In order to facilitate "reproducible" builds, this patch series also
> > changes the build to no longer include the system hostname nor build
> > time on default "clean" builds.  Specifically, if git is available,
> > the git repo is not in a "dirty" state, and gcc/binutils versions are
> > successfully extracted, then the default version string will just
> > contain the git version information.  However, should any of the
> > preceding tests not succeed, then the version will continue to include
> > the hostname and build time.
> 
> FYI, I committed this series.

Hmm, just noticed that only git builds are considered being "clean".
That implies builds from release tarballs will *not* be considered
clean.  Was that intentional?

cheers,
  Gerd





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