RFR: 8279834: Alpine Linux fails to build when --with-source-date enabled

Tue Jan 11 14:08:28 UTC 2022

On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:53:49 GMT, Erik Joelsson <erikj at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The new reproducible build jar & jmod feature exposed a problem on Alpline linux whereby when --with-source-date is specified the IS_GNU_DATE setting was actually wrong. It was assuming the BusyBox "date" tool on Alpine linux was BSD compatible, but it is actually GNU syntax compatible.
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>> This PR additionally checks for BusyBox when determining the date tool version compatibility.
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>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Leonard <anleonar at redhat.com>
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> Marked as reviewed by erikj (Reviewer).

thank you @erikj79

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7025