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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2023-09-26 14:07:23 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2023-09-26 14:07:23 +0100
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Allow the use of SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH in the timestamps for members of static archives.
(For some reason this commit was not applied at the time that the patch was approved).
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@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@ operation @samp{r} (replace). In particular, the combination @samp{qu} is
not allowed, since checking the timestamps would lose any speed
advantage from the operation @samp{q}.
+Note - if an archive has been created in a deterministic manner, eg
+via the use of the @option{D} modifier, then replacement will always
+happen and the @option{u} modifier will be ineffective.
+
@item U
@cindex deterministic archives
@kindex --enable-deterministic-archives