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Date:      Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:07:06 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r338946 - head
Message-ID:  <201809261507.w8QF76jH025226@repo.freebsd.org>

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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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