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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-11-19 22:02:16 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-11-21 12:39:14 +0100
commit2200bb214690ebc78b9fa42887ac9dfb8035bd4f (patch)
tree86e1d29f8292305f396a6a4789e3005e2f33c5e8 /gnu/build
parentbecfa42ea79feb402fe6bc5922da2019ef021e88 (diff)
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.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/build')
-rw-r--r--gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm13
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions
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 <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
#: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 @@ REFERENCES-GRAPHS."
(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.