Add ability to create reproducible source tarballs.
* src-release.sh: Add "-r <date>" option to create reproducible
tarballs based upon a fixed timestamp of <date>.
* binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release: Add a line showing how to
use -r <date> when creating a binutils release.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 927e0ee..73c3a00 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2022-10-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * src-release.sh: Add "-r <date>" option to create reproducible
+ tarballs based upon a fixed timestamp of <date>.
+ * binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release: Add a line showing how to
+ use -r <date> when creating a binutils release.
+
2022-10-04 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* README-maintainer-mode: Add a minimum version of dejagnu
diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
index 9fcebf5..3d7f6ce 100644
--- a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
+++ b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@
./src-release.sh -b -g -l -x binutils
+ OR ... for a more reproducible tarball:
+
+ ./src-release.sh -b -g -l -x -r `git log -1 --format=%cd --date=format:%F bfd/version.m4` binutils
+
24. Check that the files in the tarballs have the correct
permissions.
diff --git a/src-release.sh b/src-release.sh
index 079b545..76c355a 100755
--- a/src-release.sh
+++ b/src-release.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
MAKE=make
CC=gcc
CXX=g++
+release_date=
# Default to avoid splitting info files by setting the threshold high.
MAKEINFOFLAGS=--split-size=5000000
@@ -184,9 +185,17 @@
ver=$2
echo "==> Making $package-$ver.tar"
rm -f $package-$ver.tar
- find $package-$ver -follow \( $CVS_NAMES \) -prune \
- -o -type f -print \
- | tar cTfh - $package-$ver.tar
+ if test x$release_date == "x" ; then
+ find $package-$ver -follow \( $CVS_NAMES \) -prune -o -type f -print \
+ | tar cTfh - $package-$ver.tar
+ else
+ # Attempt to create a consistent, reproducible tarball using the
+ # specified date.
+ find $package-$ver -follow \( $CVS_NAMES \) -prune -o -type f -print \
+ | LC_ALL=C sort \
+ | tar cTfh - $package-$ver.tar \
+ --mtime=$release_date --group=0 --owner=0
+ fi
}
# Compress the output with bzip2
@@ -340,6 +349,7 @@
echo " -g: Compress with gzip"
echo " -l: Compress with lzip"
echo " -x: Compress with xz"
+ echo " -r <date>: Create a reproducible tarball using <date> as the mtime"
exit 1
}
@@ -363,7 +373,7 @@
compressors=""
-while getopts ":bglx" opt; do
+while getopts ":bglr:x" opt; do
case $opt in
b)
compressors="$compressors bz2";;
@@ -371,6 +381,8 @@
compressors="$compressors gz";;
l)
compressors="$compressors lz";;
+ r)
+ release_date=$OPTARG;;
x)
compressors="$compressors xz";;
\?)
