[FS#1513] SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH "wrong" for git-based determination

[LEDE Bugs]

A new Flyspray task has been opened.  Details are below. 

User who did this - Jeff Kletsky (jeffsf) 

Attached to Project - OpenWrt/LEDE Project
Summary - SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH "wrong" for git-based determination
Task Type - Bug Report
Category - Toolchain
Status - Unconfirmed
Assigned To - 
Operating System - All
Severity - Low
Priority - Very Low
Reported Version - Trunk
Due in Version - Undecided
Due Date - Undecided
Details - ''scripts/get_source_date_epoch.sh'' "fails" for git-based tests any time the "head" commit has an origination date that is earlier than it was applied to the source. 

As a specific example, today, April 21, 2018, would show a source date of January 12th, even though the latest update was on April 19th, or later

commit 751746c736bbda828ff1add002a0419a3b883e63 (origin/master, origin/HEAD, master)
Author: Thomas Hebb 
Date:   Fri Jan 12 15:59:25 2018 -0500

    mac80211: update patch to read ath10k variant from DT
    
    This patch was revised upstream before being merged, and OpenWrt's copy
    was never updated to reflect the revision.
    
    Signed-off-by: Thomas Hebb 
    [refreshed patches]
    Signed-off-by: Mathias Kresin 

commit 16b25ad8292eee4492a9b8309dc6c15b298d040a
Author: Thomas Hebb 
Date:   Thu Apr 19 14:34:56 2018 -0400

    ipq40xx: ex61x0v2: Disable unused GMACs
    
    These devices have only one ethernet port. It doesn't make sense to
    expose the unused GMACs as separate network devices.
    
    Signed-off-by: Thomas Hebb 

   

 

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https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1513