[tor-bugs] #18845 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Make zip and tar helpers generate reproducible archives without relying on libfaketime

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#18845: Make zip and tar helpers generate reproducible archives without relying on
libfaketime
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 Reporter:  boklm                             |          Owner:  boklm
     Type:  enhancement                       |         Status:
 Priority:  Medium                            |  needs_revision
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser          |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Normal                            |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-gitian, TorBrowserTeam201605  |     Resolution:
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Changes (by gk):

 * keywords:  tbb-gitian, TorBrowserTeam201605R => tbb-gitian,
     TorBrowserTeam201605
 * status:  needs_review => needs_revision


Comment:

 I think we should rip out the faktetime parts we don't need anymore due to
 these changes and then retest in order to make sure we did not overlook
 something. E.g. in gitian-utils.yml for Linux the faketime part for the
 zipping can go and in gitian-tor.yml + the PT descriptor for Linux all
 libfaketime related instructions can get ripped out. I guess the
 preloading libfaketime after the packaging step in gitian-firefox.yml can
 go now as well (the remaining bits would be part of #18291). Could be
 interesting to see whether the libfaketime usage can get ripped out of the
 bundle step, too.

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