elfcopy: support SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
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Authored by emaste on Jun 12 2016, 6:07 PM.

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libelftc: add elftc_timestamp to handle SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH

SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH specifies a timestamp (number of seconds since the UNIX epoch) to be used as the embedded timestamp in place of the "current" date and time, in order to facilitate reproducible builds.

SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH spec: https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/

elfcopy: use elftc_timestamp, to support SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH

Ref: https://twitter.com/delphij/status/741047758992216064

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emaste updated this revision to Diff 17544.Jun 12 2016, 6:07 PM

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For clarity (as this review will probably be referenced elsewhere), I'm proposing this change initially for upstream ELF Tool Chain, with the intent to bring it into FreeBSD via a later vendor branch update.