[Info-mtools] [PATCH] misc.c: Make the output reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Hi mtools maintainers,

Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed
that mtools generates non-reproducible output.

This is because it uses the current time of day as a default
timestamp, such as when adding files to an existing file.

Patch attached that uses the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH [1] environment
variables. It was initially filed in Debian bug #900410 [2]) and has
been incorporated into the version distributed by that operating
system seemingly without issue.

 [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/
 [1] https://https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/
 [2] https://bugs.debian.org/900410

---
 misc.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


Regards,

-- 
      ,''`.
     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
     `. `'`      address@hidden / chris-lamb.co.uk
       `-

misc.c-Make-the-output-reproducible.patch
Description: Text Data