ar: enable deterministic mode by default
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rS286010: ar: enable deterministic mode by default

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Ar cannot handle UIDs with more than 6 digits, and there's little value in storing the mtime, uid, gid and mode anyhow. Turn on deterministic (-D) mode by default; it can be disabled by the user with -U.

PR: 196929
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Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

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emaste updated this revision to Diff 7271.Jul 24 2015, 7:01 PM

emaste retitled this revision from to ar: enable deterministic mode by default.

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Add note of -D default in man page.

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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 24 2015, 8:44 PM

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Closed by commit rS286010: ar: enable deterministic mode by default (authored by emaste). · Explain WhyJul 29 2015, 1:36 PM

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