From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu Sep 27 15:55:24 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2EF810B1FE6 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D5D98B481; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id w8RFtEK8073499; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:55:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id w8RFtEJj073498; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:55:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <201809271555.w8RFtEJj073498@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: Enabling the WITH_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD knob for 12.0-REL In-Reply-To: To: Ed Maste Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:55:14 -0700 (PDT) CC: tech-lists , FreeBSD Current X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:55:24 -0000 > On 27 September 2018 at 06:46, tech-lists wrote: > > > > So, I want to know where and when each system was compiled. > > Why lose this information by default? > > This comes down to the simple fact that our build / release process > does not currently distinguish between building a world or kernel > that's destined for a binary release, and building for a bespoke > install. Right now the release process inherently builds with knobs > set at their defaults. > > The original plan would have flipped the default on the branch as part > of the release process, but there was a concern we might miss > something so it was enabled in advance of the branch. And as further information the plan is to flip this back off in ^head after the stable/12 branch is made, and then again, flip it off in stable/12 after the releng/12.0 branch is made, thus returning everything back to how it was, except in releng branch. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org