[Reproducible-builds] Bug#774484: tar: please stop recording current time when generating tar.1

[Jérémy Bobbio]

Source: tar
Version: 1.27.1-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps

Hi!

While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
that tar could not be built reproducibly.

The current time gets written to the tar.1 manpage. With the attached
patch, the time of the latest debian/changelog entry is used instead.
Once applied, the package can built reproducibly with our current
experimental framework.

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

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