cfengine · victormlg · Aug 21, 2026
diff --git a/build-scripts/compile-options b/build-scripts/compile-options
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ var_append DEPS "libyaml"   # Library for parsing YAML
 var_append DEPS "diffutils" # Library for comparing files
 var_append DEPS "librsync"  # Library for synchronization of file
 
+# coreutils is only built for redhat/debian/windows for now
+case "$OS_FAMILY" in
+hpux | aix | solaris | freebsd) ;;
+*)
+    var_append DEPS "coreutils" # Provides a standalone 'date' binary
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # Enterprise only dependencies
 case "$PROJECT" in
 nova)

diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/built-sources.mk b/deps-packaging/coreutils/built-sources.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include Makefile
+print-built-sources:
+	@echo $(BUILT_SOURCES)
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/cfbuild-coreutils.spec b/deps-packaging/coreutils/cfbuild-coreutils.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+%define coreutils_version 9.11
+
+Summary: CFEngine Build Automation -- coreutils (date)
+Name: cfbuild-coreutils
+Version: %{version}
+Release: 1
+Source0: coreutils-%{coreutils_version}.tar.xz
+License: GPL3
+Group: Other
+Url: https://cfengine.com
+BuildRoot: %{_topdir}/BUILD/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
+
+AutoReqProv: no
+
+%define prefix %{buildprefix}
+
+%prep
+mkdir -p %{_builddir}
+%setup -q -n coreutils-%{coreutils_version}
+
+cp %{_sourcedir}/built-sources.mk .
+
+FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure --prefix=%{prefix}
+
+%build
+
+# We only need the "date" binary out of the whole coreutils suite, so
+# generate the gnulib-derived BUILT_SOURCES (configmake.h, version.h etc)
+# and then build just that one target instead of "make all".
+BUILT_SOURCES=$(make -s -f built-sources.mk print-built-sources)
+make $BUILT_SOURCES
+make src/date
+
+%install
+rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
+
+mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{prefix}/bin
+install -m 755 src/date ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{prefix}/bin/date
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%description
+CFEngine Build Automation -- coreutils (date)
+
+%files
+%defattr(755,root,root)
+%dir %prefix/bin
+%prefix/bin/date
+
+%changelog
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/cfbuild-coreutils.install b/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/cfbuild-coreutils.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/var/cfengine/bin/date
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/compat b/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/control b/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Source: cfbuild-coreutils
+Section: libs
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: CFEngine Packager <packager@cfengine.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper
+Standards-Version: 3.8.4
+
+Package: cfbuild-coreutils
+Section: libs
+Architecture: any
+Description: CFEngine Build Automation -- coreutils (date)
+ CFEngine Build Automation -- coreutils (date)
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/copyright b/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/copyright
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/rules b/deps-packaging/coreutils/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+clean:
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+
+	dh_clean
+
+build: build-stamp
+build-stamp:
+	dh_testdir
+
+	FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure --prefix=/var/cfengine
+	BUILT_SOURCES=$$(make -s -f built-sources.mk print-built-sources) && make $$BUILT_SOURCES
+	make src/date
+
+	touch build-stamp
+
+install: build
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_clean -k
+	dh_installdirs
+
+	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/var/cfengine/bin
+	install -m 755 src/date $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/var/cfengine/bin/date
+
+binary-indep: build install
+
+binary-arch: build install
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_install --sourcedir=debian/tmp
+	dh_link
+	dh_strip
+	dh_compress
+	dh_fixperms
+	dh_installdeb
+	dh_gencontrol
+	dh_md5sums
+	dh_builddeb
+
+binary: binary-indep binary-arch
+.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install configure
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/distfiles b/deps-packaging/coreutils/distfiles
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+394024eda0a5955217ceda9cd1201e65dc8fa3aa29c2951135a49521d57c3cc3  coreutils-9.11.tar.xz
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/cfbuild-coreutils-mingw64.install b/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/cfbuild-coreutils-mingw64.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/var/cfengine/bin/date.exe
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/compat b/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/control b/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Source: cfbuild-coreutils
+Section: libs
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: CFEngine Packager <packager@cfengine.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper
+Standards-Version: 3.8.4
+
+Package: cfbuild-coreutils-mingw64
+Section: libs
+Architecture: all
+Description: CFEngine Build Automation -- coreutils (date) -- mingw64
+ CFEngine Build Automation -- coreutils (date) -- mingw64
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/copyright b/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/copyright
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/rules b/deps-packaging/coreutils/mingw/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+PREFIX=$(BUILDPREFIX)
+
+clean:
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+
+	dh_clean
+
+build: build-stamp
+build-stamp:
+	dh_testdir
+
+	FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure --host=\$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) --prefix=\$(PREFIX)
+	BUILT_SOURCES=$$(make -s -f built-sources.mk print-built-sources) && make $$BUILT_SOURCES
+	make src/date.exe
+
+	touch build-stamp
+
+install: build
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_clean -k
+	dh_installdirs
+
+	mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp$(PREFIX)/bin
+	install -m 755 src/date.exe $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp$(PREFIX)/bin/date.exe
+
+binary-indep: build install
+
+binary-arch: build install
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_install --sourcedir=debian/tmp
+	dh_link
+	dh_strip
+	dh_compress
+	dh_fixperms
+	dh_installdeb
+	dh_gencontrol
+	dh_md5sums
+	dh_builddeb
+
+binary: binary-indep binary-arch
+.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install configure
diff --git a/deps-packaging/coreutils/source b/deps-packaging/coreutils/source
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
diff --git a/deps-packaging/release-monitoring.json b/deps-packaging/release-monitoring.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "apache": "387502",
   "apr": "95",
   "apr-util": "96",
+  "coreutils": "343",
   "diffutils": "436",
   "git": "20450",
   "libacl": "16",

diff --git a/packaging/cfengine-community/cfengine-community.spec.in b/packaging/cfengine-community/cfengine-community.spec.in
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ done
 %prefix/bin/sdiff
 %prefix/bin/cmp
 %prefix/bin/diff3
+%prefix/bin/date
 
 # diffutils
 %prefix/bin/diff

diff --git a/packaging/cfengine-community/debian/cfengine-community.install b/packaging/cfengine-community/debian/cfengine-community.install
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@
 /var/cfengine/bin/sdiff
 /var/cfengine/bin/cmp
 /var/cfengine/bin/diff3
+/var/cfengine/bin/date
diff --git a/packaging/cfengine-nova-hub/cfengine-nova-hub.spec.in b/packaging/cfengine-nova-hub/cfengine-nova-hub.spec.in
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ exit 0
 %prefix/bin/cmp
 %prefix/bin/sdiff
 %prefix/bin/diff3
+%prefix/bin/date
 # Auxiliary programs
 %prefix/bin/rpmvercmp
 # leech2 CLI

diff --git a/packaging/cfengine-nova-hub/debian/cfengine-nova-hub.install b/packaging/cfengine-nova-hub/debian/cfengine-nova-hub.install
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 /var/cfengine/bin/sdiff
 /var/cfengine/bin/cmp
 /var/cfengine/bin/diff3
+/var/cfengine/bin/date
 /var/cfengine/bin/clusterdb
 /var/cfengine/bin/createdb
 /var/cfengine/bin/createuser

diff --git a/packaging/cfengine-nova/cfengine-nova.spec.in b/packaging/cfengine-nova/cfengine-nova.spec.in
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ exit 0
 %prefix/bin/sdiff
 %prefix/bin/cmp
 %prefix/bin/diff3
+%prefix/bin/date
 
 %if %{?rhel}%{!?rhel:0} > 7
 # SELinux policy

diff --git a/packaging/cfengine-nova/cfengine-nova.wxs b/packaging/cfengine-nova/cfengine-nova.wxs
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@
               <Component Id='diff3.exe' Guid='73fe2642-63b1-4e98-bd4f-60594049be49' Win64='$(var.isWin64)'>
                 <File Id='diff3.exe' Name='diff3.exe' KeyPath='yes' DiskId='1' Source='$(var.CfSourceDir)/bin/diff3.exe' />
               </Component>
+              <Component Id='date.exe' Guid='AC22A37B-81D0-451B-BC5F-5CAFA8E607E8' Win64='$(var.isWin64)'>
+                <File Id='date.exe' Name='date.exe' KeyPath='yes' DiskId='1' Source='$(var.CfSourceDir)/bin/date.exe' />
+              </Component>
               <Component Id='mdb_copy.exe' Guid='E41C3638-9BBE-497D-A5A8-DB2021030113' Win64='$(var.isWin64)'>
                 <File Id='mdb_copy.exe' Name='mdb_copy.exe' KeyPath='yes' DiskId='1' Source='$(var.CfSourceDir)/bin/mdb_copy.exe' />
               </Component>
@@ -245,6 +248,7 @@
             <ComponentRef Id='diff3.exe' />
             <ComponentRef Id='cmp.exe' />
             <ComponentRef Id='sdiff.exe' />
+            <ComponentRef Id='date.exe' />
 
             <ComponentRef Id='cf.events.dll' />
             <ComponentRef Id='liblber.dll' />

diff --git a/packaging/cfengine-nova/debian/cfengine-nova.install b/packaging/cfengine-nova/debian/cfengine-nova.install
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@
 /var/cfengine/bin/sdiff
 /var/cfengine/bin/cmp
 /var/cfengine/bin/diff3
+/var/cfengine/bin/date
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
		@@ -0,0 +1 @@
		394024eda0a5955217ceda9cd1201e65dc8fa3aa29c2951135a49521d57c3cc3 coreutils-9.11.tar.xz