Re: Timestamps in tarballs created by 'patch-and-repack'

2015-07-15 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Mark H Weaver skribis: > Mark H Weaver writes: > >> Mark H Weaver writes: >> >>> However, this raises a deeper problem: all of the outputs of >>> 'patch-and-repack' contain non-deterministic timestamps, and these >>> timestamps can cause problems with future builds. >>> >>> Would it be sufficie

Re: Timestamps in tarballs created by 'patch-and-repack'

2015-07-14 Thread Mark H Weaver
Mark H Weaver writes: > Mark H Weaver writes: > >> However, this raises a deeper problem: all of the outputs of >> 'patch-and-repack' contain non-deterministic timestamps, and these >> timestamps can cause problems with future builds. >> >> Would it be sufficient to simply zero out all of the ti

Re: Timestamps in tarballs created by 'patch-and-repack'

2015-07-14 Thread Mark H Weaver
Mark H Weaver writes: > Hello Guix, > > One of the MIPS build slaves has a malfunctioning clock, and sometimes I > discover that the clock is several days behind or ahead. In the past > I've been able to simply reset the clock and restart builds, but now I > have a more serious problem: > > Patc