Source: mtools
Version: 4.0.18-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: timestamps toolchain
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi,
Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed
that mtools generates non-reproducible output.
This is because it uses the current time of day as a default
timestamp, such as when adding files to an existing file.
Patch attached that uses SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH [1].
[0] https://reproducible-builds.org/
[1] https://https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/
Regards,
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diff --git a/direntry.c b/direntry.c
index c1d2ddd..284d0ae 100644
--- a/direntry.c
+++ b/direntry.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
void initializeDirentry(direntry_t *entry, Stream_t *Dir)
{
+ memset(entry, 0, sizeof(direntry_t));
entry->entry = -1;
/* entry->parent = getDirentry(Dir);*/
entry->Dir = Dir;
