Re: [PATCH] initscripts: Make /etc/timestamp consistent again.

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 09:06 +0200, Lauri Hintsala wrote:
> On 02/10/2012 06:16 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> > Commit cc8695 changed the way timestamps were handled
> > and added some extra munging to be able to compare them
> > reliably.  This change makes the timestamp value the same
> > everywhere and simplifies how the check to set the system
> > clock based on the timestamp is done.
> >
> > Also, if the value stored in /etc/timestamp is newer
> > [at all] than the current system time, set the system clock
> > from the stored value, down to the minute, not just the day.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gary Thomas<gary@mlbassoc.com>
> > ---
> >   .../initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh        |    4 ++--
> >   .../initscripts/initscripts-1.0/save-rtc.sh        |    2 +-
> >   meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb   |    2 +-
> >   3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> Hi Gary,
> 
> You should do the same changes to meta/classes/image.bbclass where the 
> /etc/timestamp file is generated to filesystem image.

Agreed, this is a nasty inconsistency. I've pushed a patch into master
which fixes this.

Cheers,

Richard