Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > 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).
I think this is awesome! However, I am uncomfortable putting this big
block of code into debhelper.
> +sub normalize_ar {
...
> +}
Could it be moved to a utility that could
a) be maintained by someone else, perhaps in a package such as binutils
and b) could be used by non-debhelper users inside and outside of
debian.
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