Re: [PATCH] initscripts: Properly handle new timestamp format

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

On 2012-03-01 07:59, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-03-01 at 07:43 -0700, Gary Thomas wrote:
>> Recent changes have attempted to make consistant use of /etc/timestamp
>> In particular
>>    5aab665 initscripts: Make /etc/timestamp consistent again.
>>    173a48f image.bbclass: Ensure timestamp matches format used in initscripts after recent changes
>>
>> This new format can cause problems as the value is too large for
>> most [32 bit] machines.  Work around this by only comparing the
>> YYYYMMDD portion (which does fit in 32 bits).  Also, the new format
>> is not directly compatible with the 'date' command line, so it
>> must be reformatted for use.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gary Thomas<gary@mlbassoc.com>
>> ---
>>   .../initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh        |    4 ++--
>>   1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> I merged the changes to busybox in relation to this. Is this patch still
> needed?

Let me check - I didn't see the related busybox change.

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