On Mon, 01/13 14:15, Richard Henderson wrote: > On 01/13/2014 08:59 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > +echo "CONFIG_STAMP=`date +%s`_$$_$RANDOM" >> $config_host_mak > > I really really don't like random numbers that make for non-repeatable builds. > It's a quality-assurance nightmare.
Can you elaborate this, please? > > If you want a non-random number unique to the build, try > > git log -n1 --format=format:%H > > and perhaps a file containing that hash created by scripts/make-release. What if the source code is not in a git tree, for example a tarball? Thanks, Fam