[rb-general] Creating reproducible tar files

[anonmous at sigaint.org]

Ok, will do.

While at it, this page currently lacks a recommendation for setting
permissions in tar archives.

>From this page:
https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/VaryingPermissionsInTarballs

I am not familiar with these: --mode=go=rX,u+rw,a-s

What do they mean? What are the benefits compared to using
--mode=644 or --mode=755?

> anonmous at sigaint.org wrote:
>
>> Do I need to send a patch to update this page:
>> https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/archives/
>
> Please do -- we are trying to move as much as possible off the (Debian)
> wiki. :)
>
>
> Regards,
>
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