[Buildroot] [PATCH 01/16] download/git: create GNU format tar files

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be> writes:

 > On most distros, the tar format defaults to GNU. However, at build time
 > the default format may be changed to posix. Also, future versions of
 > tar will default to posix.

 > Since we want the tarballs created by the git download method to be
 > reproducible (so their hash can be checked), we should explicitly
 > specify the format. Since existing tarballs on sources.buildroot.org
 > use the GNU format, and also the existing hashes in the *.hash files
 > are based on GNU format tarballs, we use the GNU format.

 > In addition, the Posix format encodes atime and ctime as well as mtime,
 > but tar offers no option like --mtime to override them. In the GNU
 > format, atime and ctime are only encoded if the --incremental option is
 > given.

 > Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
 > Cc: Peter Seiderer <ps.report at gmx.net>
 > ---
 > Peter, can you test if this solves the issue for you?

Committed to 2017.02.x, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard