Merge pull request #8188 from jsquyres/pr/v4.1.x/getdate-fixes

v4.1.x: Some getdate.sh fixes

config/Makefile.am

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
         ltmain_pgi_tp.diff \
         opal_mca_priority_sort.pl \
         find_common_syms \
+        getdate.sh \
         make_manpage.pl
 
 maintainer-clean-local:

config/opal_functions.m4

@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ EOF
 
 OPAL_CONFIGURE_USER="${USER:-`whoami`}"
 OPAL_CONFIGURE_HOST="${HOSTNAME:-`(hostname || uname -n) 2> /dev/null | sed 1q`}"
+# Note: it's ok to use $srcdir here because this macro is called at
+# the very beginning of configure.ac:
+#
+# a) before $OMPI_TOP_SRCDIR is set, and
+# b) from the top-level build directory (i.e., so $srcdir actually
+#    points to the top source directory)
 OPAL_CONFIGURE_DATE="`$srcdir/config/getdate.sh`"
 
 OPAL_LIBNL_SANITY_INIT