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| author | Bernhard M. Wiedemann <githubbmw@lsmod.de> | 2018-01-24 21:26:18 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brett Cannon <brettcannon@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-01-24 21:26:18 (GMT) |
| commit | ccbe5818af20f8c12043f5c30c277a74714405e0 (patch) | |
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bpo-29708: Setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH forces hash-based .pyc files (GH-5200)
To support reproducible builds, the setting of of SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH triggers the py_compile module -- and by extension, compileall -- to forcibly compile with hash-based .pyc files. This eliminates the possibility of timestamp-based .pyc files which vary between builds.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2018-01-16-08-32-49.bpo-29708.YCaHEx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2018-01-16-08-32-49.bpo-29708.YCaHEx.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e52c001 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2018-01-16-08-32-49.bpo-29708.YCaHEx.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +If the :envvar:`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` environment variable is set, +:mod:`py_compile` will always create hash-based ``.pyc`` files. |