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Re: [tor-bugs] #9711 [Tor bundles/installation]: Test out crosstools-ng for Gitian OSX builds (instead of toolchain4 binaries)
#9711: Test out crosstools-ng for Gitian OSX builds (instead of toolchain4
binaries)
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Reporter: mikeperry | Owner: erinn
Type: task | Status: needs_information
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Tor bundles/installation | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: tbb-3.0, gitian
Actual Points: | Parent ID:
Points: |
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Comment (by mingwandroid):
Replying to [comment:22 gk]:
> Okay, in case it helps:
> {{{
> Gitian relies on libfaketime to set the clock to a fixed value to deal
with embedded timestamps in archives and in the build process.
> }}}
> See: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/deterministic-builds-part-two-
technical-details and see:
https://github.com/wolfcw/libfaketime/blob/master/README for how
libfaketime works (basically via LD_PRELOAD; and we are setting FAKETIME
to "2000-01-01 00:00:00")
>
> That said, even if there is a lot of regenerating going on I currently
don't see why Makefile.config should be _missing_ because of this. Thus, I
am not sure whether dealing with the faketime issue is sufficient to solve
this particular problem.
There's continual regeneration of Makefile.config in the presence of
recursive make (-j5). So I can easily imagine that at various points
Makefile.config does not exist. Removing and re-writing a file is not a
multithread-safe atomic operation.
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