On 2023-08-23 11:39, Christian Franke via Cygwin-apps wrote:
A small step towards reproducible packaging...
Currently only tested with upcoming smartmontools package - contains only exe,
man, doc files (no dll, lib, ...). Multiple cygport runs produce binary
identical distribution tarballs if SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (from the past) is
specified in the cygport file.
What format is this variable?
Would be best to use some ISO format e.g.
%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ or
%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S [local]
that is human readable and can be used by all POSIX command options
[e.g. see touch(1p) -d] that accept date-time stamps.
Could do with docs and NEWS entries for new variables, otherwise packagers do
not know it exists, and how to use it e.g.
#****f* Information/BUILD_REQUIRES
# SYNOPSIS
# BUILD_REQUIRES="ATOM [ATOM] ..."
# DESCRIPTION
# A single-line strings containing a list of packages on which this source
# package depends at build-time. This will be added to the build-depends:
# field of the auto-generated -src.hint file.
# NOTES
# * Unlike REQUIRES, there is no auto-detection of build-time requirements.
# * Any newlines in this variable must be escaped.
# * Unlike the deprecated DEPEND variable, only actual package names, or
# atoms that are listed PROVIDES of other packages, may be used in this
# variable.
#****
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
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