From 2200bb214690ebc78b9fa42887ac9dfb8035bd4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:02:16 +0100 Subject: linux-initrd: Remove unnecessary timestamp reset phase. * gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm (write-cpio-archive): Mention timestamps in docstring. (build-initrd): Remove unnecessary timestamp reset phase. --- gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm | 13 ++++--------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnu/build') diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm index ea7de58553..99796adba6 100644 --- a/gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm +++ b/gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU -;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 Ludovic Courtès +;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020 Ludovic Courtès ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ (define* (write-cpio-archive output directory #:key (compress? #t) (gzip "gzip")) - "Write a cpio archive containing DIRECTORY to file OUTPUT. When -COMPRESS? is true, compress it using GZIP. On success, return OUTPUT." + "Write a cpio archive containing DIRECTORY to file OUTPUT, with reset +timestamps in the archive. When COMPRESS? is true, compress it using GZIP. +On success, return OUTPUT." ;; Note: as per `ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt', always add directory entries ;; before the files that are inside of it: "The Linux kernel cpio @@ -141,12 +142,6 @@ (define* (build-initrd output (symlink (string-append guile "/bin/guile") "proc/self/exe") (readlink "proc/self/exe") - ;; Reset the timestamps of all the files that will make it in the initrd. - (for-each (lambda (file) - (unless (eq? 'symlink (stat:type (lstat file))) - (utime file 0 0 0 0))) - (find-files "." ".*")) - (write-cpio-archive output "." #:gzip gzip)) ;; Make sure directories are writable so we can delete files. -- cgit v1.2.3