I can build a zipped version of gradle from source using a command line;
gradlew -Prelease=true -Prelease.scope=major -Prelease.stage=final :distribution-full:binDistributionZip -PfinalRelease
However, I noticed that all the files that are in the ZIP file contain an EPOC date of Feb 1 1980. I would prefer the actual timestamp of the file creation date. What parameter do I need to add to my command line build to achieve this?
Since Gradle 9.0.0 build archives are configured to be reproducible by default: Upgrading to Gradle 9.0.0
Gradle is using itself to build.
So I guess you would need to do the mentioned settings for the archive tasks where you want that. I doubt there is a ready-made flag for it, though I don’t know.
Greetings and thanx for reply,
My goal is to build gradle from the source code so that I can at some point become a helper/contributor. I figured the best way is to become familiar with build process and how stuff works. SO, building from scratch will afford me opportunities to learn. ANy help greatly appreciated.
regards,
joe
But why would you want to build differently than the actual release is built?
I dont. I want to be able to make modifications, like fixing bugs, then for my edification, build release. The goal is to build exactly as the official release is built.
But then your question here is moot, isn’t it?
Or what makes you think the official release does not have the reproducible timestamp?
Besides that for testing contributions, you don’t really need to build the final distribution file.