[Xen-changelog] [xen master] INSTALL: mention variables for reproducible builds

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commit f5da952dbd2905910a0fb530d00944a9f6c5d4b4
Author:     Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 1 13:28:33 2015 +0000
Commit:     Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu Apr 2 10:46:01 2015 +0100

    INSTALL: mention variables for reproducible builds
    
    Mention two variables introduced by commit ac977f5 ("use more fixed
    strings to build the hypervisor").
    
    Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>
    Cc: Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 INSTALL |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 13d7a17..1ed44bb 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ changed with these variables.
 XEN_WHOAMI=
 XEN_DOMAIN=
 
+Some components of xen and tools will include an unpredictable timestamp
+into the binaries. To allow reproducible builds the following variables
+can be used to provide fixed timestamps in the expected format.
+XEN_BUILD_DATE=<output of date(1)>
+XEN_BUILD_TIME=hh:mm:ss
+
 The following variables can be used to tweak some aspects of the
 hypervisor build.
 verbose=y
--
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