Author: emaste
Date: Wed Sep 26 15:07:06 2018
New Revision: 338946
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/338946

Log:
  add REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD note to UPDATING
  
  Reported by:  bz
  Approved by:  re (gjb)

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING       Wed Sep 26 14:47:51 2018        (r338945)
+++ head/UPDATING       Wed Sep 26 15:07:06 2018        (r338946)
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
        disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
        "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20180913:
+       Reproducible build mode is now on by default, in preparation for
+       FreeBSD 12.0.  This eliminates build metadata such as the user,
+       host, and time from the kernel (and uname), unless the working tree
+       corresponds to a modified checkout from a version control system.
+       The previous behavior can be obtained by setting the /etc/src.conf
+       knob WITHOUT_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD.
+
 20180826:
        The Yarrow CSPRNG has been removed from the kernel as it has not been
        supported by its designers since at least 2003. Fortuna has been the
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