Re: [nmh-workers] Reproducible build patch

[Ken Hornstein]

>> >> DATE_FMT="%Y-%m-%d %T +0000"
>> >> SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +s)}"
>> >> date=$(TZ=GMT0 date --date="@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null 
>> >> ||
>> >> date -u -r "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null || date -u 
>> >> "+$DATE_FMT")
>
>> >I doubt that's right - at least on Fedora, /usr/bin/date doesn't work that 
>> >way....
>>
>> Um, isn't /usr/bin/date on Fedora GNU date?  If so, shouldn't the --date
>> option work?
>
>Well, first off - last I heard we support nmh on more than just Linux.

Geez, Valdis, did you _read_ the link I sent along with this message??!?!

So, the "date +s" was typo on my part (I did say that I didn't test it),
but I kind of thought that obviously should have been "+%s".  But AFAICT
the other date commands all work on their respective operating systems.

--Ken