On Mon May 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM CEST, Yi Zhao via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to set MAKE_STAMP instead of using the current
> time, thereby improving reproducibility.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yi Zhao <[email protected]>
> ---
>  ...-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.1.6.bb |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 
> meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables/0001-configure.ac-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch
>
> diff --git 
> a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables/0001-configure.ac-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch
>  
> b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables/0001-configure.ac-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..7d2f9c0dfe
> --- /dev/null
> +++ 
> b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables/0001-configure.ac-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
> +From 77de073b1cc7413b1d230995851338345d56a8f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: Yi Zhao <[email protected]>
> +Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 15:52:29 +0800
> +Subject: [PATCH] configure.ac: set MAKE_STAMP to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
> +
> +If SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set, use it to set MAKE_STAMP instead of the
> +current time.
> +
> +Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]

I think that this patch should at least be sent upstream.
Reproducibility is not "embedded specific".
See https://reproducible-builds.org/

Regards,

> +
> +Signed-off-by: Yi Zhao <[email protected]>
> +---
> + configure.ac | 5 ++++-
> + 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> +
> +diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> +index 6825474..2b147af 100644
> +--- a/configure.ac
> ++++ b/configure.ac
> +@@ -165,7 +165,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([nftversion.h], [
> + ])
> + # Current date should be fetched exactly once per build,
> + # so have 'make' call date and pass the value to every 'gcc' call
> +-AC_SUBST([MAKE_STAMP], ["\$(shell date +%s)"])
> ++AS_IF([test -n "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"],
> ++    [MAKE_STAMP="$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"],
> ++    [MAKE_STAMP='$(shell date +%s)'])
> ++AC_SUBST([MAKE_STAMP])
> + 
> + AC_ARG_ENABLE([distcheck],
> +           AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-distcheck], [Build for distcheck]),
> +-- 
> +2.34.1
> +
> diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.1.6.bb 
> b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.1.6.bb
> index d27e60a18d..5ab31f9b0c 100644
> --- a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.1.6.bb
> +++ b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.1.6.bb
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ DEPENDS = "libmnl libnftnl bison-native \
>             ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'mini-gmp', '', 'gmp', d)}"
>  
>  SRC_URI = "http://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${BP}.tar.xz \
> +           
> file://0001-configure.ac-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch \
>             file://run-ptest \
>            "
>  SRC_URI[sha256sum] = 
> "372931bda8556b310636a2f9020adc710f9bab66f47efe0ce90bff800ac2530c"


-- 
Yoann Congal
Smile ECS

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