On Tue, 25 Feb 2020, Jeremy A. Puhlman wrote: > From: Jeremy Puhlman <jpuhlman@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Add -n to gzip call to make the build output > of the manpages reproducible. > > Signed-off-by: Jeremy A. Puhlman <jpuhlman@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Makefile | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 8747971..1b37ba7 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ ssdd: $(OBJDIR)/ssdd.o $(OBJDIR)/librttest.a > $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS) $(RTTESTLIB) > > %.8.gz: %.8 > - gzip -c $< > $@ > + gzip -nc $< > $@ > > %.8.bz2: %.8 > bzip2 -c $< > $@ > -- > 2.20.1 > > Could you explain to me how this makes the build output of manpages more reproducible? Thanks John
