Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:55:14 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Enabling the WITH_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD knob for 12.0-REL Message-ID: <201809271555.w8RFtEJj073498@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2C0EGGt840tVpTCdPH61jotudvCnBAbGSUVbuKRYEw6Ng@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 27 September 2018 at 06:46, tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> 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
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