It improves reproducibility if SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is
defined while building xen binary
---
 tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile | 4 ++++
 tools/firmware/vgabios/Makefile   | 4 ++++
 xen/Makefile                      | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
index e980ce7c5f..923e3c8b9a 100644
--- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
+++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../../..
 include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/firmware/Rules.mk
 
 # SMBIOS spec requires format mm/dd/yyyy
+ifneq ($(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),)
+SMBIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date -u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" "+%m/%d/%Y" 2>/dev/null)
+else
 SMBIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date +%m/%d/%Y)
+endif
 
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_xeninclude)
 
diff --git a/tools/firmware/vgabios/Makefile b/tools/firmware/vgabios/Makefile
index 3284812fde..9b8b687a73 100644
--- a/tools/firmware/vgabios/Makefile
+++ b/tools/firmware/vgabios/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ BCC = bcc
 AS86 = as86
 
 RELEASE = `pwd | sed "s-.*/--"`
+ifneq ($(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),)
+VGABIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date -u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" "+%d %b %Y" 2>/dev/null)
+else
 VGABIOS_REL_DATE ?= `date '+%d %b %Y'`
+endif
 RELVERS = `pwd | sed "s-.*/--" | sed "s/vgabios//" | sed "s/-//"`
 
 VGABIOS_DATE = "-DVGABIOS_DATE=\"$(VGABIOS_REL_DATE)\""
diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
index bf0c804d43..30b1847515 100644
--- a/xen/Makefile
+++ b/xen/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ export XEN_FULLVERSION   = $(XEN_VERSION).$(XEN_SUBVERSION)$(XEN_EXTRAVERSION)
 
 export XEN_WHOAMI	?= $(USER)
 export XEN_DOMAIN	?= $(shell ([ -x /bin/dnsdomainname ] && /bin/dnsdomainname) || ([ -x /bin/domainname ] && /bin/domainname || echo [unknown]))
+ifneq ($(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),)
+export XEN_BUILD_DATE	?= $(shell date -u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" 2>/dev/null)
+export XEN_BUILD_TIME	?= $(shell date -u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" +%T 2>/dev/null)
+else
 export XEN_BUILD_DATE	?= $(shell LC_ALL=C date)
 export XEN_BUILD_TIME	?= $(shell LC_ALL=C date +%T)
+endif
 export XEN_BUILD_HOST	?= $(shell hostname)
 
 # Best effort attempt to find a python interpreter, defaulting to Python 3 if
-- 
2.26.2

On 31.10.2020 16:14, Frédéric Pierret (fepitre) wrote:
> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
> @@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../../..
>  include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/firmware/Rules.mk
>  
>  # SMBIOS spec requires format mm/dd/yyyy
> +ifneq ($(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),)
> +SMBIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date -u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" "+%m/%d/%Y" 2>/dev/null)
> +else
>  SMBIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date +%m/%d/%Y)
> +endif

As this pattern recurs, how about abstracting it away via a
definition (perhaps to be placed in ./Config.mk) along the
lines of (variable name subject to improvement)

DATE_EPOCH_OPTS := $(if $(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),-u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)")

and then here simply

SMBIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date $(DATE_EPOCH_OPTS) +%m/%d/%Y)

(i.e. in particular also without any "ifneq()")?

Jan

Le 11/3/20 à 10:10 AM, Jan Beulich a écrit :
> On 31.10.2020 16:14, Frédéric Pierret (fepitre) wrote:
>> --- a/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/firmware/hvmloader/Makefile
>> @@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../../..
>>   include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/firmware/Rules.mk
>>   
>>   # SMBIOS spec requires format mm/dd/yyyy
>> +ifneq ($(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),)
>> +SMBIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date -u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" "+%m/%d/%Y" 2>/dev/null)
>> +else
>>   SMBIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date +%m/%d/%Y)
>> +endif
> 
> As this pattern recurs, how about abstracting it away via a
> definition (perhaps to be placed in ./Config.mk) along the
> lines of (variable name subject to improvement)
> 
> DATE_EPOCH_OPTS := $(if $(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),-u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)")
> 
> and then here simply
> 
> SMBIOS_REL_DATE ?= $(shell date $(DATE_EPOCH_OPTS) +%m/%d/%Y)
> 
> (i.e. in particular also without any "ifneq()")?
> 
> Jan
> 

Hi Jan,

Yes it makes sense. I'll prepare another version with your comments. Thank you.

Frédéric