From 92226a470ddc980e54863632e5b179bf40444bd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 12:51:47 -0400
Subject: Build tarballs with deterministic file ordering.

* guix/packages.scm (patch-and-repack)[build],
  gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball)[build],
  gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm (tarball-package),
  gnu/packages/admin.scm (isc-dhcp),
  gnu/packages/video.scm (avidemux): Pass "--sort=name" to 'tar'.
---
 gnu/system/install.scm | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'gnu/system/install.scm')

diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index e7e5d4ae9d..880236861e 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -74,8 +74,13 @@ (define %root "root")
           ;; length limitation.
           (with-directory-excursion %root
             (zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
-                            "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"
+
+                            ;; avoid non-determinism in the archive
+                            "--sort=name"
                             "--mtime=@0"          ;for files in /var/guix
+                            "--owner=root:0"
+                            "--group=root:0"
+
                             "--check-links"
                             "-cvf" #$output
                             ;; Avoid adding / and /var to the tarball,
-- 
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