Bug#845194: amd64-microcode: please make the early initramfs image reproducible

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > Please test the attached patch.  Does it pass all the reproducibility
> > testing?
> 
> Not quite; I needed to make the following change to your patch:
> 
>  - CHANGELOG_TS :=$(shell date +%s
>  + CHANGELOG_TS :=$(shell date --utc +%s
> 
> .. then it was reproducible. :)

Ah, ok.  Thanks for the review!

> FYI to check this yourself you will need to:
> 
>  a) Apply my patch in #845034 against initramfs-tools.
> 
>  b) Use cpio 2.12 or later, which is not in sid. However, I have backported
>     the parts required in #804063.
> 
>  c) Export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to update-initramfs

Good point.  Thanks!

-- 
  Henrique Holschuh