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Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible by paulddraper on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @03:31PM (#43486079)
> Do they forge them?

Yes. All archive entries and date source code macros and any other timestamps are set to a standardized date (in the past).

Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible by lamby on Thursday March 27, 2025 @07:01AM (#43492278)
This is not quite right. At least in Debian, only files that are newer than some standardised date are to that standardised date. This "clamping" preserves any metadata in older files.