[Reproducible-builds] [PATCH] kbuild: Add support for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable

[Michal Marek]

Dne 2.10.2015 v 01:15 Ben Hutchings napsal(a):
> As part of the reproducible builds project, the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
> environment variable has been specified as a project- and
> distribution-independent means to specify a timestamp at build
> time: https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/
> 
> Add support for this by converting it to KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
> if they aren't both set.

At which projects besides the kernel is this aimed? If there are
multiple projects willing to support this, I'll happily apply it. But if
it's just a synonym for KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP that nobody else is going
to support, then it looks a bit redundant.

Michal