Packaging a folder on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 system using GNU tar 1.30 always gives different md5 checksums although the file contents do not change. I run tar to package my folder that contains a simple text file: Nevertheless, although the content is exactly the same, the resulting tar always has a different md5 (or sha1) checksum:
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How to build the same Linux Kernel twice sources and get the same checksum
I’m searching if it’s possible to build the same Linux Kerneltwice (same sources, same environment, same options, same compiler) and get the same checksum. Anybody knows how to do so? Answer The date of build is included in the version, see init version.c : and UTS_VERSION is defined in include/linux/compile.h : compile.h is generated by scripts/mkcompile_h, where you find the