[PATCH v3 2/3] mkrescue: add argument --fixed-time to get reproducible uuids

[Alexander Couzens <lynxis@fe80.eu>]

The uuid generation is based on the time.
---
 util/grub-mkrescue.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util/grub-mkrescue.c b/util/grub-mkrescue.c
index 4511826..1af1da2 100644
--- a/util/grub-mkrescue.c
+++ b/util/grub-mkrescue.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int xorriso_arg_alloc;
 static char **xorriso_argv;
 static char *iso_uuid;
 static char *iso9660_dir;
+static time_t fixed_time;
 
 static void
 xorriso_push (const char *val)
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ static struct argp_option options[] = {
   {"product-version", OPTION_PRODUCT_VERSION, N_("STRING"), 0, N_("use STRING as product version"), 2},
   {"sparc-boot", OPTION_SPARC_BOOT, 0, 0, N_("enable sparc boot. Disables HFS+, APM, ARCS and boot as disk image for i386-pc"), 2},
   {"arcs-boot", OPTION_ARCS_BOOT, 0, 0, N_("enable ARCS (big-endian mips machines, mostly SGI) boot. Disables HFS+, APM, sparc64 and boot as disk image for i386-pc"), 2},
+  {"fixed-time", 0, N_("TIMEEPOCH"), 0, N_("use a fixed timestamp for uuid generation"), 2},
   {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ enum {
 static error_t 
 argp_parser (int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
 {
+  char *b;
+
   if (grub_install_parse (key, arg))
     return 0;
   switch (key)
@@ -212,6 +216,15 @@ argp_parser (int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
       xorriso = xstrdup (arg);
       return 0;
 
+    case 't':
+      fixed_time = strtoll (arg, &b, 10);
+      if (*b !='\0') {
+        printf (_("invalid fixed time number: %s\n"), arg);
+        argp_usage (state);
+        exit (1);
+      }
+      return 0;
+
     default:
       return ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN;
     }
@@ -431,6 +444,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   pkgdatadir = grub_util_get_pkgdatadir ();
 
+  fixed_time = -1;
   product_name = xstrdup (PACKAGE_NAME);
   product_version = xstrdup (PACKAGE_VERSION);
   xorriso = xstrdup ("xorriso");
@@ -541,7 +555,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   {
     time_t tim;
     struct tm *tmm;
-    tim = time (NULL);
+    tim = fixed_time != -1 ? fixed_time : time (NULL);
     tmm = gmtime (&tim);
     iso_uuid = xmalloc (55);
     grub_snprintf (iso_uuid, 50,
-- 
2.6.3