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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/firmware.scm | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/firmware.scm b/gnu/packages/firmware.scm index 7239b85cb2..8c8949a5da 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/firmware.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/firmware.scm @@ -423,7 +423,10 @@ executing in M-mode.") (list #:tests? #f ;no tests #:make-flags - #~'("EXTRAVERSION=-guix" ;upstream wants distros to set this + ;; If EXTRAVERSION is not set the build system will embed the current + ;; date in binaries. Use this opportunity to personalize as recommended + ;; by Build_overview.md. + #~'("EXTRAVERSION=/GNU Guix" "V=1") ;build verbosely #:modules `(,@%gnu-build-system-modules (ice-9 threads) @@ -432,9 +435,8 @@ executing in M-mode.") #~(modify-phases %standard-phases (replace 'configure (lambda _ - ;; Create the ".version" file that is present in release tarballs. - ;; Otherwise this will be regarded as an "unclean" build, and the - ;; build system ends up encoding the build date in the binaries. + ;; Ensure this file is present in case we're building from a git + ;; checkout instead of release tarball. (call-with-output-file ".version" (lambda (port) (format port #$(package-version this-package)))) |