[PATCH] build: Create deterministic tar archives

[Chris Johns]

On 11/8/2023 3:37 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> On 11.08.23 02:22, Chris Johns wrote:
>> On 10/8/2023 8:19 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>>> This helps to make the build reproducible.
>>> ---
>>>   wscript | 11 ++++++++++-
>>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
>>> index a8fca88dcb..4baf701c27 100755
>>> --- a/wscript
>>> +++ b/wscript
>>> @@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ def process_start_files(self):
>>>           self.link_task.dep_nodes.extend(self.bld.start_files)
>>>     +def deterministic_tar_info(info):
>> I suggest `tar_user_info` as the name.
> 
> The function changes also the mtime. What about reproducible_tar_info()?

That is the out come and not the data itself. What about tar_metadata()?

Chris