branch master updated: * README-hacking: add note about reproducibility of tp/tests/input/non_ascii.tar.

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     new 18ac3e53d9 * README-hacking: add note about reproducibility of 
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commit 18ac3e53d9764f7c28b2de9497e90c219b0ce425
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Nov 20 16:23:23 2024 +0000

    * README-hacking: add note about reproducibility of
    tp/tests/input/non_ascii.tar.
---
 ChangeLog      |  5 +++++
 README-hacking | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 72006b41be..50888d42e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2024-11-20  Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
+
+       * README-hacking: add note about reproducibility of
+       tp/tests/input/non_ascii.tar.
+
 2024-11-18  Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
 
        * tp/maintain/regenerate_non_ascii_tar_file.sh:
diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 562373b82e..2708a05f69 100644
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -284,6 +284,19 @@ find . \
 at the top level.  It's likely that the script doesn't find all the
 years that should be updated yet.
 
+
+- Note on "reproducible builds"
+
+Generation of Texinfo releases has not been checked to be fully
+reproducible (see https://reproducible-builds.org/).
+
+However, in the interests of a reproducible distribution, GNU tar is
+used with certain flags to generate a tar archive file containing input
+for texi2any tests (by maintain/regenerate_non_ascii_tar_file).  GNU tar
+will only be used with these flags if it is detected that it is available.
+If other tar programs are used, this archive file will be not bit-for-bit
+identical.
+
 
 
 - When close to making a release: