[tor-bugs] #9711 [Tor bundles/installation]: Test out crosstools-ng for Gitian OSX builds (instead of toolchain4 binaries)

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#9711: Test out crosstools-ng for Gitian OSX builds (instead of toolchain4
binaries)
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     Reporter:  mikeperry                 |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  task                      |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |    Version:
   Resolution:                            |   Keywords:  tbb-3.0, gitian
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Comment (by gk):

 Okay, in case it helps:
 {{{
 Gitian relies on libfaketime to set the clock to a fixed value to deal
 with embedded timestamps in archives and in the build process.
 }}}
 See: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/deterministic-builds-part-two-
 technical-details and see:
 https://github.com/wolfcw/libfaketime/blob/master/README for how
 libfaketime works (basically via LD_PRELOAD; and we are setting FAKETIME
 to "2000-01-01 00:00:00")

 That said, even if there is a lot of regenerating going on I currently
 don't see why Makefile.config should be _missing_ because of this. Thus, I
 am not sure whether dealing with the faketime issue is sufficient to solve
 this particular problem.

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