Notes for automake1.11 - reproducible builds result

Version annotated: 1:1.11.6-3
Identified issues:
Identifier: timezone_variance_because_of_automake_mdate
URL https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimezoneVarianceBecauseOfAutomakeMdate
Description automake's mdate-sh script pretty-prints the modification time of a file.
This output can influence further steps in the build process and make it unreproducible.
Identifier: timestamp_in_info_file_created_by_makeinfo
URL https://bugs.debian.org/826158
Description the build date is included in the info file generated by makeinfo when the source texi file includes @today{}.
Identifier: captures_shell_variable_in_autofoo_script
Description Something looking like autotools is capturing SHELL for use at
runtime, which should probably be fixed to /bin/sh anyway.
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Autotools also capturing the build path.
Bugs noted: 991001#: "automake1.11: reproducible builds: timestamps in info pages"
991002#: "automake1.11: reproducible builds: Embeds different shell depending on /bin/sh symlink"
 

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