[Buildroot] $(DATE) out of sync with system
Mike Sander
msander at ripnet.com
Mon May 12 11:57:32 UTC 2008
Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> fre 2008-05-09 klockan 12:34 -0400 skrev Mike Sander:
>
>> Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
>>
>>>> I have Custom rootfs suffix set to the default $(DATE). I have noticed
>>>> that a few hours before midnight my rootfs.arm-yyyymmdd.romfs, the dd
>>>> portion advances prematurely. this breaks a script I have to copy
>>>> binaries after the build.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect it is somehow related to DATE not using the timezone correctly
>>>> (maybe I dont have it set correctly?). I have attempted to find where
>>>> DATE is being set. I would imaging that it is using the "date" function
>>>> & format specifiers. Unfortunately DATE is a VERY common symbol under
>>>> buildroot. I am unable to locate where this symbol is initially set.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone tell me where to look?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Top Makefile
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks. I had done a multi level grep for "DATE" and "="..... but this
>> generated literally hundreds of lines of output..... that proverbial
>> needle in the hay stack.
>>
>> The relevant line does the following DATE:= $(shell date -u +%Y%m%d).
>> Anyone know why the "-u" which specifies Coordinated Universal Time?
>> This explains the rollover I see a few hours before midnight. Would it
>> not make more sense for this just to be local time? FWIW... I can
>> update my script to be consistent with the DATE logic now that I know
>> what is going on.
>>
>>
> No you are right, I think it should use local time, so I will fix this.
>
>
>
Thank You..
Mike
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