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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS b/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS index 7171ee730ef..bd682a8b045 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ pdfTeX 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016) - changes: - - if environment variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set, use its value for - the CreationDate and ModDate values, and to seed the trailer /ID. + - if the environment variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set, use its value for + the PDF CreationDate and ModDate values, and to seed the trailer /ID. This by itself should suffice to create reproducible PDFs. The - other changes support more granular output tweaks along the same lines. + new primitives below support more granular output tweaks with the + same intent. + - if the environment variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH_TEX_PRIMITIVES is set + to 1, the \year, \day, and \time primitives are also initialized + from the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH value, instead of the current time. - new primitive \pdfinfoomitdate to omit CreationDate and ModDate keys. - new primitive \pdftrailerid to set seed for the trailer /ID |