[Reproducible-builds] Bug#759895: debhelper: please strip non-deterministic data from static libraries

[Jérémy Bobbio]

Package: debhelper
Version: 9.20140817
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: toolchain, timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi!

Currently, static libraries shipped in Debian package capture the time
when the package is built. As part of the “reproducible builds”
project [1], it would be great to have static libriaries normalized.

The attached patch will make `dh_strip` replace non-deterministic data
in static libraries. The replacement data is the same as the one put by
`ar` from binutils when used with the `D` option (deterministic mode).

 [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds

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