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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-source-date-epoch.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst b/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst index c5923be..37d750d 100644 --- a/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst +++ b/Help/cpack_gen/deb.rst @@ -527,3 +527,11 @@ alternate data stream (ADT) is used. When a filesystem without ADT support is used only owner read/write permissions can be preserved. + +Reproducible packages +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The environment variable ``SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`` may be set to a UNIX +timestamp, defined as the number of seconds, excluding leap seconds, +since 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC. If set, the CPack Deb generator will +use its value for timestamps in the package. diff --git a/Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-source-date-epoch.rst b/Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-source-date-epoch.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b276569 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/release/dev/cpack-deb-source-date-epoch.rst @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +cpack-deb-source-date-epoch +--------------------------- + +* The :cpack_gen:`CPack Deb Generator` learned to honor the ``SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`` + environment variable when packaging files. This is useful for generating + reproducible packages. |