[Git][reproducible-builds/reproducible-website][master] Clarify GCC libtool pointer confusion.

[Chris Lamb]

Chris Lamb pushed to branch master at Reproducible Builds / reproducible-website


Commits:
b95a0931 by Carl Dong at 2020-05-26T16:43:17-04:00
Clarify GCC libtool pointer confusion.

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 ## GNU Libtool
 
-[GNU Libtool](https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/) prior to `74c8993c` (first included in version 2.2.7b) did not sort the find output. It appears that many packages (including all [GNU GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/) versions so far) are bootstrapped with a version prior to this.
+[GNU Libtool](https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/) prior to `74c8993c` (first
+included in version 2.2.7b) did not sort the find output. It appears that many
+packages are bootstrapped with a version prior to this.
+
+Confusingly, although [GNU GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/)'s ltmain.sh claims to have
+been generated by libtool 2.2.7a, GNU GCC actually maintains their own version
+of libtool.m4 and ltmain.sh, which fixed this issue independently in
+`d41cd173e23`. This aforementioned change was first included in version 9.1.0,
+meaning that the reproducibility issue remains in GCC versions below that.



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