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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-10-17 12:20:39 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-10-17 12:20:39 +0200
commit34a7bfb049572fdf02e593ce94dde68736bd1268 (patch)
tree2dea29abd0d6c8afddb3afb9e30c85f8d458c09e
parent4375dcf36c21f748a5118c6f3faf1e14450e1e7b (diff)
downloadguix-34a7bfb049572fdf02e593ce94dde68736bd1268.tar.gz
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.
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 1686cbdb06..93a6f18c49 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -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"