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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/admin.scm1
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm3
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/video.scm3
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm7
-rw-r--r--guix/packages.scm1
5 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index 53cf65e11a..512d604982 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ connection alive.")
                      (zero? (system* "tar" "cf" "bind.tar.gz"
                                      "bind-9.9.5-P1"
                                      ;; avoid non-determinism in the archive
+                                     "--sort=name"
                                      "--mtime=@0"
                                      "--owner=root:0"
                                      "--group=root:0"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm b/gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm
index 904aaedb73..d215a02ff0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm
@@ -629,7 +629,8 @@ for `sh' in $PATH, and without nscd, and with static NSS modules."
                                               ".tar.xz")
                                "."
                                ;; avoid non-determinism in the archive
-                               "--mtime=@0" "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"))))))))))
+                               "--sort=name" "--mtime=@0"
+                               "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"))))))))))
 
 (define %bootstrap-binaries-tarball
   ;; A tarball with the statically-linked bootstrap binaries.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 79119ef43a..c2f88e22cc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1015,7 +1015,8 @@ for use with HTML5 video.")
                (("#! /bin/sh") (string-append "#!" (which "bash"))))
              (system* "tar" "cjf" "ffmpeg-2.6.1.tar.bz2" "ffmpeg-2.6.1"
                       ;; avoid non-determinism in the archive
-                      "--mtime=@0" "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0")
+                      "--sort=name" "--mtime=@0"
+                      "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0")
              (delete-file-recursively "ffmpeg-2.6.1")))
          (alist-replace 'configure
           (lambda _
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index e7e5d4ae9d..880236861e 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -74,8 +74,13 @@ under /root/.guix-profile where GUIX is installed."
           ;; length limitation.
           (with-directory-excursion %root
             (zero? (system* "tar" "--xz" "--format=gnu"
-                            "--owner=root:0" "--group=root:0"
+
+                            ;; avoid non-determinism in the archive
+                            "--sort=name"
                             "--mtime=@0"          ;for files in /var/guix
+                            "--owner=root:0"
+                            "--group=root:0"
+
                             "--check-links"
                             "-cvf" #$output
                             ;; Avoid adding / and /var to the tarball,
diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm
index d338ad230b..d73e6b0abb 100644
--- a/guix/packages.scm
+++ b/guix/packages.scm
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ IMPORTED-MODULES specify modules to use/import for use by SNIPPET."
                       (zero? (system* (string-append #+tar "/bin/tar")
                                       "cvfa" #$output directory
                                       ;; avoid non-determinism in the archive
+                                      "--sort=name"
                                       "--mtime=@0"
                                       "--owner=root:0"
                                       "--group=root:0")))))))