This following patch was originally found at the debian mingw-w64 team's
binutils repo located here:
https://salsa.debian.org/mingw-w64-team/binutils-mingw-w64.git

Invoke the following in the aforementioned repo to see the original patch:

  $ git show da63f6b:debian/patches/reproducible-import-libraries.patch

Description: Make DLL import libraries reproducible
Author: Benjamin Moody <benjamin.moody@gmail.com>
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/915055

--- a/ld/pe-dll.c
+++ b/ld/pe-dll.c
@@ -2844,6 +2844,7 @@
 
   bfd_set_format (outarch, bfd_archive);
   outarch->has_armap = 1;
+  outarch->flags |= BFD_DETERMINISTIC_OUTPUT;
 
   /* Work out a reasonable size of things to put onto one line.  */
   ar_head = make_head (outarch);
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<tr><td><span title='2021-02-22 12:07:45 +0100'>2021-02-22</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/guix-lint.sh?id=9a38bed2cf32e9462badfa43e74cdd4580e804fc'>packages: 'package-field-location' handles 'search-path' returning #f.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>Fixes &lt;https://bugs.gnu.org/46390&gt;.
Reported by zimoun &lt;zimon.toutoune@gmail.com&gt;.

This is similar to the fix in d10474c38d58bdc676e64336769dc2e00cdfa8ed.

* guix/packages.scm (package-field-location): Handle FILE not in %LOAD-PATH.
* tests/guix-lint.sh: Add test.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2020-09-28 21:06:36 -0500'>2020-09-28</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/guix-lint.sh?id=d8934360d2453a403b5433e71d09188e4ed23b57'>tests: Simplify shell exit status negation;</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* tests/guix-archive.sh, tests/guix-build-branch.sh, tests/guix-build.sh,
tests/guix-daemon.sh, tests/guix-download.sh, tests/guix-environment.sh,
tests/guix-gc.sh, tests/guix-git-authenticate.sh, tests/guix-graph.sh,
tests/guix-hash.sh, tests/guix-lint.sh, tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh,
tests/guix-pack.sh, tests/guix-package-aliases.sh, tests/guix-package-net.sh,
tests/guix-package.sh: Use the shell '!' keyword to negate command exit status
in place of 'if ...; then false; else true; fi'
</span></span></td><td>Eric Bavier</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2020-08-23 23:05:16 +0200'>2020-08-23</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/guix-lint.sh?id=d10474c38d58bdc676e64336769dc2e00cdfa8ed'>lint: formatting: Gracefully handle relative file names.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>Fixes &lt;https://bugs.gnu.org/42543&gt;.
Reported by Jack Hill &lt;jackhill@jackhill.us&gt;.

* guix/lint.scm (check-formatting): Always return a list (previously we
would return #f when 'search-path' returns #f).  Check whether
LOCATION's file is a relative file name.  Return a warning if not.
* tests/guix-lint.sh: Add test.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>