On Tue May 12, 2026 at 4:02 AM CEST, Yi Zhao wrote:
>
> On 5/12/26 09:00, Yi Zhao wrote:
>>
>> On 5/11/26 22:43, Yoann Congal via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>>> 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/
>>
>> Thanks.  I will send it upstream.
>
>
> I have checked upstream and found that this commit[1] in development 
> branch has already resolved the reproducibility issue. However, since 
> the changes involve multiple patches, backporting them is not appropriate.
>
> Therefore, I think we can keep the current Upstream-Status in the patch. 
> It will be dropped upon the next release of nftables.
>
> [1] 
> https://git.netfilter.org/nftables/commit/?id=ca86f206c92704170a295b8dc7a41f6448835dde

Awesome news :)

In that case, your patch could be seen as the "Upstream-Status: Backport" of 
this URL...
At least, please add the URL to the patch as a reference so this
precious information is not lost when the upgrade will happen.

Thanks!
>
>
> //Yi
>
>>
>>
>> //Yi
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 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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