* lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (package-generate-autoloads):

Disable timestamps.

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index 6bfc96cc6e768ba45bfcc8550bebbbe816e3f59a..869c1549658a3c6b65e007478d7fe32de4e1743a 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -905,12 +905,15 @@ untar into a directory named DIR; otherwise, signal an error."
   file)
 
 (defvar generated-autoload-file)
+(defvar autoload-timestamps)
 (defvar version-control)
 
 (defun package-generate-autoloads (name pkg-dir)
   (let* ((auto-name (format "%s-autoloads.el" name))
          ;;(ignore-name (concat name "-pkg.el"))
          (generated-autoload-file (expand-file-name auto-name pkg-dir))
+         ;; We don't need 'em, and this makes the output reproducible.
+         (autoload-timestamps nil)
          ;; Silence `autoload-generate-file-autoloads'.
          (noninteractive inhibit-message)
          (backup-inhibited t)