--- /dev/null
+Force root/root as names for uid0/gid0 instead of using the system
+names. This helps make packed download tarballs more reproducible
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+---
+--- a/src/create.c
++++ b/src/create.c
+@@ -545,12 +545,8 @@ write_gnu_long_link (struct tar_stat_inf
+ char *tmpname;
+
+ header = start_private_header ("././@LongLink", size, 0);
+- uid_to_uname (0, &tmpname);
+- UNAME_TO_CHARS (tmpname, header->header.uname);
+- free (tmpname);
+- gid_to_gname (0, &tmpname);
+- GNAME_TO_CHARS (tmpname, header->header.gname);
+- free (tmpname);
++ UNAME_TO_CHARS ("root", header->header.uname);
++ GNAME_TO_CHARS ("root", header->header.gname);
+
+ strcpy (header->buffer + offsetof (struct posix_header, magic),
+ OLDGNU_MAGIC);