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Bug#769844: linux: please make linux build reproducibly



Earlier today I uploaded version 4.1.1-1~exp1, with some of the changes
here. I built it once on ext4 and then on xfs, hoping to change
directory ordering.

A summary of the debbindiff:

1. timestamps are different on all files in control.tar.gz
2. timestamps are different on many files in data.tar.{gz,xz}
3. anchor IDs are different in generated HTML docs
4. 'Author' and 'Manual' fields in the manual page header and footer differ
   where the manual page is generated from headers referenced by multiple
   DocBook files

I believe items 1 and 2 are covered by #759886.

I investigated item 3 further and have now fixed it in svn.

Item 4 could be fixed by your generate-manpage-in-deterministic
-order.patch but I would like to find a cleaner solution to it.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Hoare's Law of Large Problems:
        Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

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