Re: Building pkgsrc packages reproducibly

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On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 09:47:30AM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> Is ar(1) in /usr/bin on all systems supported by pkgsrc?

We have TOOLS_PATH.ar already set for some platforms, so it's a sensible
option.

> Do we need a minimum version of ar(1) to support "D"?

2.20

[binutils/ChangeLog]
2009-03-11  Chris Demetriou  <cgd%google.com@localhost>

	* ar.c (deterministic): New global variable.
	(main): Recognize new 'D' option, which enables 'deterministic mode'.
	(usage): Document new 'D' option.
	(write_archive): Set BFD_DETERMINISTIC_OUTPUT in output archive's
	flags if deterministic mode was requested.
	* doc/binutils.texi (ar): Document deterministic mode ('D' option).