add REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD note to UPDATING

Reported by:	bz
Approved by:	re (gjb)
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Ed Maste 2018-09-26 15:07:06 +00:00
parent 0ddfd867ed
commit 8d66f7bee6
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=338946

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@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
20180913:
Reproducible build mode is now on by default, in preparation for
FreeBSD 12.0. This eliminates build metadata such as the user,
host, and time from the kernel (and uname), unless the working tree
corresponds to a modified checkout from a version control system.
The previous behavior can be obtained by setting the /etc/src.conf
knob WITHOUT_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD.
20180826:
The Yarrow CSPRNG has been removed from the kernel as it has not been
supported by its designers since at least 2003. Fortuna has been the