Embed timestamp explictly in the jar file, instead of relying on filesystem times.

Platform/Apple/tools/PackPartitions/build.xml

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
     <target depends="init" description="Don't build Javadoc." name="javadoc"/>
     <!-- use local groovy jar instead of NetBeans' version -->
     <property name="libs.groovy-all.classpath" value="./lib/groovy-4.0.13.jar:./lib/groovy-ant-4.0.13.jar:./lib/groovy-xml-4.0.13.jar:./lib/groovy-json-4.0.13.jar"/>
+    <!-- put the current time/date into a file for engine timestamping -->
+    <exec executable="date" output="dist/tstamp.txt">
+        <arg value="+%s000"/>
+    </exec>
     <!-- after building the 'thin' jar, make a 'thick' one incorporating all dependencies -->
     <target name="-post-jar">
         <echo message="Packaging ${application.title} into a single JAR at ${dist.jar}"/>
@@ -22,6 +26,9 @@
             <manifest>
                 <attribute name="Main-Class" value="org.badvision.A2PackPartitions"/>
             </manifest>
+            <fileset dir="dist">
+                <include name="tstamp.txt"/>
+            </fileset>
             <fileset dir="../..">
                 <include name="virtual/src/**/*.pla"/>
                 <include name="virtual/src/**/*.plh"/>

Platform/Apple/tools/PackPartitions/src/org/badvision/A2PackPartitions.groovy

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import java.nio.channels.Channels
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 import java.util.Calendar
 import java.util.regex.Pattern
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream
@@ -1002,8 +1003,14 @@ class A2PackPartitions
         cache[key] = [hash:hash, data:buf]
     }
 
-    def updateEngineStamp(name, hash)
+    def updateEngineStamp()
     {
+        def hash
+        def tsfile = new File("build/tstamp.txt")
+        jitCopy(tsfile)
+        tsfile.withReader { reader ->
+            hash = Long.parseLong(reader.readLine())
+        }
         if (!cache.containsKey("engineStamp") || cache["engineStamp"].hash < hash)
             cache["engineStamp"] = [hash:hash]
     }
@@ -2334,7 +2341,6 @@ class A2PackPartitions
         def uncompData = readBinary(inDir + "build/" + codeName + ".b")
 
         addToCache("code", code, codeName, hash, compress(uncompData))
-        updateEngineStamp(codeName, hash)
     }
 
     def assembleCore(inDir)
@@ -2356,7 +2362,6 @@ class A2PackPartitions
                 hash = file.lastModified()
                 if (!grabFromCache("sysCode", sysCode, name, hash)) {
                     addToCache("sysCode", sysCode, name, hash, compress(readBinary(file.toString())))
-                    updateEngineStamp(name, hash)
                 }
             }
             else {
@@ -2370,7 +2375,6 @@ class A2PackPartitions
                     addToCache("sysCode", sysCode, name, hash,
                         (name ==~ /loader|decomp/) ? [data:uncompData, len:uncompData.length, compressed:false]
                                                    : compress(uncompData))
-                    updateEngineStamp(name, hash)
                 }
             }
 
@@ -2441,12 +2445,13 @@ class A2PackPartitions
         addToCache("modules", modules, moduleName, hash, module)
         addToCache("bytecodes", bytecodes, moduleName, hash, bytecode)
         addToCache("fixups", fixups, moduleName, hash, fixup)
-        if (!(moduleName ==~ /.*(gs|gen)_.*/ || codeDir ==~ /.*mapScript.*/))
-            updateEngineStamp(moduleName, hash)
     }
 
     def readAllCode()
     {
+        // Update the engine stamp from the tstamp.txt file
+        updateEngineStamp()
+
         // Loader, ProRWTS, PLASMA VM, and memory manager
         assembleCore("src/core/")
 

Platform/Apple/virtual/bundlePacker.sh

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+./b
 rm -f PackPartitions.exe
 java -Djava.awt.headless=true -jar /Users/mhaye/plat/virtual/launch4j/launch4j.jar launch4j.cfg.xml 
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ cd bundle-tmp
 unzip ../packer-bundle.zip
 mv packer-bundle-* packer-bundle-$1
 rm packer-bundle-$1/PackPartitions.exe
+rm -f packer-bundle-$1/world.xml
 mv ../PackPartitions.exe packer-bundle-$1/PackPartitions.exe
 zip -r packer-bundle-$1.zip *
 cp packer-bundle-$1.zip ../packer-bundle.zip