Notes for avr-libc - reproducible builds result

Version annotated: 1:2.2.1-1
Identified issues:
Identifier: timestamps_in_static_libraries
URL https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInStaticLibraries
Description .a files are ar archives. Since binutils 2.25-6 they should be deterministic
by default, but there are some remaining buggy corner cases - see
bug #843210 for example if the package uses binutils-multiarch.
(#843210 has been fixed in sid now, hopefully this issue becomes moot now.)
.
#978494 filed with patch for binutils-arm-none-eabi.
#996184 filed with patch for bintuils-or1k-elf.
.
Other tools that create ar archives directly should in theory be covered by
strip-nondeterminism, but it is still good to patch them.
Bugs noted: 1137731: "avr-libc builds non-reproducible static libraries"
 

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