linux-initrd: Remove unnecessary timestamp reset phase.

* gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm (write-cpio-archive): Mention timestamps in
docstring.
(build-initrd): Remove unnecessary timestamp reset phase.
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Ludovic Courtès 2020-11-19 22:02:16 +01:00
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;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
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#:key
(compress? #t)
(gzip "gzip"))
"Write a cpio archive containing DIRECTORY to file OUTPUT. When
COMPRESS? is true, compress it using GZIP. On success, return OUTPUT."
"Write a cpio archive containing DIRECTORY to file OUTPUT, with reset
timestamps in the archive. When COMPRESS? is true, compress it using GZIP.
On success, return OUTPUT."
;; Note: as per `ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt', always add directory entries
;; before the files that are inside of it: "The Linux kernel cpio
@ -141,12 +142,6 @@ REFERENCES-GRAPHS."
(symlink (string-append guile "/bin/guile") "proc/self/exe")
(readlink "proc/self/exe")
;; Reset the timestamps of all the files that will make it in the initrd.
(for-each (lambda (file)
(unless (eq? 'symlink (stat:type (lstat file)))
(utime file 0 0 0 0)))
(find-files "." ".*"))
(write-cpio-archive output "." #:gzip gzip))
;; Make sure directories are writable so we can delete files.