Re: [PATCH] nscd_stat.c: make the build reproducible

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On 08 Mar 2016 18:06, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> nscd_stat.c uses the __DATE__ and __TIME__ macros to make sure the
> client and the server use the same format. This prevents reproducible
> builds and fails to build with -Werror=date-time. In addition another
> build of the same file a bit later does not necessary imply a change
> in the format.
> 
> Instead compute a checksum of the file in the Makefile and pass it to
> the preprocessor with the -D option. Use the md5sum command limited to
> 20 characters to avoid changing the structure size.

this doesn't take into consideration the HAVE_SELINUX knob ...
-mike

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