Allow reproducible builds, don't hardcode `date` call
Howdy,
In order to support reproducible builds, please use $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
if available, falling back to date
if not. Patch below.
Thanks!
Description: Replace hardcoded call to `date` with $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
Author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
--- a/configure.ac 2016-07-15 10:07:54.491161698 +0200
+++ b/configure.ac 2016-07-15 10:10:13.216666017 +0200
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
AC_PROG_FGREP
AC_CANONICAL_HOST
-BUILD_DATE=$(date '+%B %d, %Y')
+BUILD_DATE=$(LC_ALL=C date --utc --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}" '+%B %d, %Y')
AC_SUBST([BUILD_DATE])
EXAMPLES_DIR="\$(datadir)/examples/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}"