[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] Update U-Boot's build timestamp on every compile

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Peter Tyser,

In message <1224619693-30738-1-git-send-email-ptyser at xes-inc.com> you wrote:
> Use the GNU 'date' command to auto-generate a new U-Boot
> timestamp on every compile.
...
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -368,6 +368,10 @@ $(VERSION_FILE):
>  		@( printf '#define U_BOOT_VERSION "U-Boot %s%s"\n' "$(U_BOOT_VERSION)" \
>  		 '$(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(TOPDIR)/tools/setlocalversion $(TOPDIR))' \
>  		 ) > $@.tmp
> +		@( printf '#define U_BOOT_DATE "%s"\n' '$(shell date +"%b %d %C%y")' \
> +		 ) >> $@.tmp
> +		@( printf '#define U_BOOT_TIME "%s"\n' '$(shell date +"%T")' \
> +		 ) >> $@.tmp
>  		@cmp -s $@ $@.tmp && rm -f $@.tmp || mv -f $@.tmp $@

Please do not do this here. Use a separate target instead.

As you can see, we take care NOT to create  a  new  VERSION_FILE  for
each  build, but only when it eally changed. Your change forces it to
change with each build, which we tried to avoid.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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