The appended file 'version' has the same timestamp as the files added by `git archive`.
The original file name and time stamp are no longer saved to the gzip header in resulting $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz file. When build environment is close enough to another, this may provide mutually reproducible release archive files. --- The best way to realize improvements in a patch set is to send it >;/ V2 of id:20171211173102.6279-1-tomi.oll...@iki.fi Replaces file touch with --mtime= GNU tar(1) option (diffdiff with V1): : +++ b/Makefile.local : @@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ $(TAR_FILE): : ct=`git --no-pager log -1 --pretty=format:%ct $$ref` ; \ : - touch -d @$$ct version.tmp : tar --owner root --group root --append -f $(TAR_FILE).tmp \ : --transform s_^_$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/_ \ : - --transform 's_.tmp$$__' version.tmp : + --transform 's_.tmp$$__' --mtime=@$$ct version.tmp : rm version.tmp Makefile.local | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local index 9505b7fee70b..1535c2ae8a7b 100644 --- a/Makefile.local +++ b/Makefile.local @@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ $(TAR_FILE): fi ; \ git archive --format=tar --prefix=$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/ $$ref > $(TAR_FILE).tmp echo $(VERSION) > version.tmp + ct=`git --no-pager log -1 --pretty=format:%ct $$ref` ; \ tar --owner root --group root --append -f $(TAR_FILE).tmp \ --transform s_^_$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/_ \ - --transform 's_.tmp$$__' version.tmp + --transform 's_.tmp$$__' --mtime=@$$ct version.tmp rm version.tmp - gzip < $(TAR_FILE).tmp > $(TAR_FILE) + gzip -n < $(TAR_FILE).tmp > $(TAR_FILE) @echo "Source is ready for release in $(TAR_FILE)" $(SHA256_FILE): $(TAR_FILE) -- 2.13.3 _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org https://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch