Add ability to create reproducible source tarballs.

[thirdparty/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / README-how-to-make-a-release

diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
index 9fcebf5f0a4b335ee7a8c2fe6b0b47951676c5e5..3d7f6cec4142d76ccdd25ba93b1b00564431d9cf 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
+++ b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ When the time comes to actually make the release....
   
             ./src-release.sh -b -g -l -x binutils
 
+      OR ... for a more reproducible tarball:
+
+            ./src-release.sh -b -g -l -x -r `git log -1 --format=%cd --date=format:%F bfd/version.m4` binutils
+
   24. Check that the files in the tarballs have the correct
       permissions.