~ruther/guix-local: install: Set the mtime in the binary tarball to 1.

34a7bfb049572fdf02e593ce94dde68736bd1268 — Ludovic Courtès 10 years ago 4375dcf

install: Set the mtime in the binary tarball to 1.

Reported by anthk_ on #guix in Sept. 2015.

* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Use --mtime=@1
  instead of --mtime=@0.

patch browse .tar.gz

1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

M gnu/system/install.scm

M gnu/system/install.scm => gnu/system/install.scm +5 -2

@@ 76,9 76,12 @@ under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed."
           (with-directory-excursion %root
             (zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
 
-                            ;; avoid non-determinism in the archive
+                            ;; Avoid non-determinism in the archive.  Use
+                            ;; mtime = 1, not zero, because that is what the
+                            ;; daemon does for files in the store (see the
+                            ;; 'mtimeStore' constant in local-store.cc.)
                             "--sort=name"
-                            "--mtime=@0"          ;for files in /var/guix
+                            "--mtime=@1"          ;for files in /var/guix
                             "--owner=root:0"
                             "--group=root:0"