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authorSimon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>2022-09-06 14:32:05 +0200
committerSimon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>2022-09-06 14:32:05 +0200
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gnumakefile: Improve tarball reproducibility.
* top/GNUmakefile (TAR_OPTIONS): Add --sort=name. Suggested by Tzvetelin Katchov <katchov@gnu.org>. * DEPENDENCIES: Mention tar 1.28 dependency.
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@@ -174,3 +174,12 @@ at any time.
https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
+ Download:
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/
+
+* GNU tar 1.28 or newer.
+ + Recommended.
+ Needed if you use the 'gnumakefile' module, which sets TAR_OPTIONS
+ to --sort=names (added in version 1.28) in GNUmakefile for 'make dist'.
+ + Homepage:
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
+ + Download:
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/