[patch] proposed change for the pms document

0001-emerge.tex-allow-external-timestamp-source-for-file-.patch (text/plain), 1.31 KB, created by Timothy Kenno Handojo on 2024-07-02 08:29:26 UTC

From 85351c687e5f3396b2cc99df0a88611337bf60c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Kenno Handojo <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 15:20:26 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] emerge.tex: allow external timestamp source for file mtime

This external timestamp would make a more deterministic mtime,
paving a way for reproducible build.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/934804
Signed-off-by: Timothy Kenno Handojo <[e-mail]>
---
 merge.tex | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/merge.tex b/merge.tex
index 83eab01..1aba206 100644
--- a/merge.tex
+++ b/merge.tex
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ being compressed before merging. Exceptions to this are files newly
 created by the package manager and binary object files being stripped
 of symbols.
 
+The mtime of respective packages' ebuilds can be used to provide external
+source of time for the final files. These timestamps would then replace
+the original mtime of the file contents in each of the packages.
+For example, when building foo v1.2 and bar v3.5, the package contents of
+bar would have the mtime of foo-1.2.ebuild, and bar-3.5.ebuild for bar.
+
 When preserving, the seconds part of every regular file's mtime must
 be preserved exactly. The sub-second part must either be set to zero,
 or set to the greatest value supported by the operating system and
-- 
2.44.2