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diff --git a/doc/intern.rst b/doc/intern.rst index ab74c4a3a..fe0d333fd 100644 --- a/doc/intern.rst +++ b/doc/intern.rst @@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ More information about its options can be found in the `koch <koch.html>`_ documentation. +Reproducible builds +------------------- + +Set the compilation timestamp with the `SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` environment variable. + +.. code:: cmd + + export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -n 1 --format=%at) + koch boot # or `./build_all.sh` + + Developing the compiler ======================= diff --git a/doc/packaging.rst b/doc/packaging.rst index fcdc4ae04..7976dfe92 100644 --- a/doc/packaging.rst +++ b/doc/packaging.rst @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ This page provide hints on distributing Nim using OS packages. See `distros <distros.html>`_ for tools to detect Linux distribution at runtime. +See `here <intern.html#bootstrapping-the-compiler-reproducible-builds>`_ for how to +compile reproducible builds. + Supported architectures ----------------------- @@ -71,3 +74,4 @@ What to install: - Optionally: manpages, documentation, shell completion - When installing documentation, .idx files are not required - The "compiler" directory contains compiler sources and should not be part of the compiler binary package + diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index b28c25ec1..7f333d5d4 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ the installation instructions on the website to do so: https://nim-lang.org/inst For package maintainers: see [packaging guidelines](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/packaging.html). - First, get Nim from github: ``` @@ -89,6 +88,8 @@ should add the ``bin`` directory to your PATH. See also [rebuilding the compiler](doc/intern.rst#rebuilding-the-compiler). +See also [reproducible builds](doc/intern.rst#reproducible-builds). + ## Koch ``koch`` is the build tool used to build various parts of Nim and to generate |