[Buildroot] [PATCH 01/22] Remove the DATE variable

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Sun Apr 22 08:23:15 UTC 2012


>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> writes:

 Arnout> On Tuesday 17 April 2012 16:45:13 Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
 >> This variable was only used by uboot.mk to add a #define DATE into the
 >> U-Boot .h configuration file. But such a definition does not seem to
 >> be used by the mainline U-Boot, so there's no reason to keep it.
 >> 
 >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>

 Arnout> Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>

 Arnout>  This patch could be considered risky, because the DATE thing
 Arnout> may be used by some custom U-Boot source.  But then, the only
 Arnout> way to find out if it is is to commit it and see if anyone
 Arnout> complains :-)

I know we have been (are?) using it at work to add some info about the
build date and name some files with the date.

Chances are others might have been doing the same, so I'm hessitating
about removing it (which is why I didn't commit it right away). It
doesn't really cost us much to keep it (single line).

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


More information about the buildroot mailing list