From 8cf160e12253d65e9122d56cb602e0907e8c71bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark H Weaver Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:01:48 -0400 Subject: gnu: icecat: Improve computed 'icecat-source' tarball. * gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm (icecat-source): When packing the new IceCat tarball, set the mtime of archived files to early 1980. Remove useless 'string-append' applied to one argument. --- gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnu') diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm index 785d5c1342..6992a7b1ca 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm @@ -722,11 +722,15 @@ from forcing GEXP-PROMISE." (string-append old-icecat-dir "/l10n") (string-append old-icecat-dir "/debian")) - (format #t (string-append "Packing new IceCat tarball...~%")) + (format #t "Packing new IceCat tarball...~%") (force-output) (invoke "tar" "cfa" #$output - ;; avoid non-determinism in the archive - "--mtime=@0" + ;; Avoid non-determinism in the archive. We set the + ;; mtime of files in the archive to early 1980 because + ;; the build process fails if the mtime of source + ;; files is pre-1980, due to the creation of zip + ;; archives. + "--mtime=@315619200" ; 1980-01-02 UTC "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0" "--sort=name" -- cgit v1.2.3