Attached is my jessie-kfreebsd implementation. As I said, it should be much cleaner to implement this in sid with newer GNU tar.
Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org
diff --git a/build/Makefile b/build/Makefile
index ec5a084..6261a4d 100644
--- a/build/Makefile
+++ b/build/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
# Add to PATH so dpkg will always work, and so local programs will be found.
PATH := util:$(PATH):/usr/sbin:/sbin
EATMYDATA = $(shell which eatmydata 2>/dev/null)
-GZIP = $(shell which pigz gzip | head -1)
+GZIP = $(shell which pigz gzip | head -1) -n
# We don't want this to be run each time we re-enter.
ifndef DEB_HOST_ARCH
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ MFSROOT_LIMIT := 68m
endif
define mkfs.ufs1
- sh -c 'makefs -t ffs -s $(MFSROOT_LIMIT) -f 3000 -o minfree=0,version=1 $$0 ${TREE}'
+ sh -c 'makefs -t ffs -T $(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH) -s $(MFSROOT_LIMIT) -f 3000 -o minfree=0,version=1 $$0 ${TREE}'
endef
define e2fsck
@@ -803,7 +803,14 @@ $(TEMP_MINIISO): $(TEMP_BOOT_SCREENS) arch_miniiso
# various kinds of information, for use on debian-cd isos
$(DEBIAN_CD_INFO): $(TEMP_BOOT_SCREENS) $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR)
- (cd $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR); tar czf - .) > $@
+ # Clamp timestamps to be no newer than last changelog entry, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInTarball
+ find $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR) -newermt "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" -print0 | xargs -0r touch --no-dereference --date="@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)"
+ # Create tarball with files sorted in a stable order, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/FileOrderInTarballs
+ # and without timestamp in the gzip header, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInGzipHeaders
+ ( cd $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR) && find . -print0 | LC_ALL=C sort -z | GZIP=-n tar --no-recursion --null -T - -czf -) > $@
update-manifest $@ $(MANIFEST-DEBIAN_CD_INFO)
# a directory full of files for netbooting
@@ -822,7 +829,14 @@ $(NETBOOT_TAR): $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR)
# Create an version info file.
echo 'Debian version: $(DEBIAN_VERSION)' > $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR)/version.info
echo 'Installer build: $(BUILD_DATE)' >> $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR)/version.info
- (cd $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR); tar czf - .) > $@
+ # Clamp timestamps to be no newer than last changelog entry, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInTarball
+ find $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR) -newermt "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" -print0 | xargs -0r touch --no-dereference --date="@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)"
+ # Create tarball with files sorted in a stable order, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/FileOrderInTarballs
+ # and without timestamp in the gzip header, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInGzipHeaders
+ ( cd $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR) && find . -print0 | LC_ALL=C sort -z | GZIP=-n tar --no-recursion --null -T - -czf -) > $@
update-manifest $@ $(MANIFEST-NETBOOT_TAR) $(UDEB_LISTS)
$(TEMP_BOOT_SCREENS): arch_boot_screens
diff --git a/build/config/x86.cfg b/build/config/x86.cfg
index 3caadd2..b0fc9a2 100644
--- a/build/config/x86.cfg
+++ b/build/config/x86.cfg
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ arch_miniiso: x86_syslinux x86_grub_efi
| todos > $(TEMP_CD_TREE)/win32-loader.ini; \
fi
+ # Clamp timestamps to be no newer than last changelog entry, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInTarball
+ find $(TEMP_CD_TREE) -newermt "$(SOURCE_DATE)" -print0 \
+ | xargs -0r touch --no-dereference --date="$(SOURCE_DATE)"
+
if [ "$(GRUB_EFI)" = y ]; then \
xorriso -as mkisofs -r -J -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat \
-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 42aed37..09c8a02 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+debian-installer (20150422+kbsd8u2) jessie-kfreebsd; urgency=medium
+
+ * Improve reproducibility of debian-installer netboot images:
+ (Closes: #805321)
+ - clamp timestamps in the d-i ramdisk to be no later than
+ the most recent debian/changelog entry of this package
+ - raise makefs dependency on >= 20100306-5+kbsd8u1
+ - clamp timestamps in the mini.iso similarly
+ - clamp timestamps in the netboot tarball; store files in a
+ stable order
+ - clamp timestamps in the cd info tarball; store files in a
+ stable order
+ - clamp timestamps in the output debian-installer-images tarball;
+ store files in a stable order
+ - disable timestamps in gzip output (e.g. initrd.gz and tarballs)
+
+ -- Steven Chamberlain <ste...@pyro.eu.org> Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:38:46 +0000
+
debian-installer (20150422+kbsd8u1) jessie-kfreebsd; urgency=medium
* Rebuild using udebs from the jessie-kfreebsd suite, also using
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 100ca5a..6f4df5b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Build-Depends:
# architectures if SSL_CERTS has been set locally.
win32-loader (>= 0.7.2) [i386 amd64 kfreebsd-i386 kfreebsd-amd64 hurd-i386],
# Alternative boot method for win32 platforms.
- makefs [kfreebsd-any],
+ makefs (>= 20100306-5+kbsd8u1~) [kfreebsd-any],
# Used to create an UFS1 filesystem from a directory tree.
grub-pc (>= 2.02~beta2~) [kfreebsd-i386 kfreebsd-amd64 hurd-i386],
# Used as the CD-ROM's bootloader
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1f1512a..9b76973 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
ARCH=$(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH)
VERSION=$(shell LC_ALL=C dpkg-parsechangelog | grep ^Version: | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
DATE=$(shell echo $(VERSION) | cut -d '.' -f 1)
+SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH = $(shell date -d "$$(dpkg-parsechangelog -SDate)" +%s)
SUITE=$(shell LC_ALL=C dpkg-parsechangelog | grep ^Distribution: | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
ifeq (${SUITE},UNRELEASED)
USE_UDEBS_FROM=unstable
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ clean:
# Must run as root, so is not run as part of regular build.
build-images:
$(MAKE) -C build all_build stats release \
- USE_UDEBS_FROM=$(USE_UDEBS_FROM) BUILD_DATE=$(DATE) \
+ USE_UDEBS_FROM=$(USE_UDEBS_FROM) BUILD_DATE=$(DATE) SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" \
USE_PROPOSED_UPDATES=$(USE_PROPOSED_UPDATES) \
TRANSSTATUS=$(TRANSSTATUS) BOOTMENU_BEEP=$(BOOTMENU_BEEP)
@@ -71,7 +72,14 @@ binary-arch: install
dh_gencontrol
dh_md5sums
dh_builddeb
- cd debian/tmp && tar czvf ../../../$(TARNAME) .
+ # Clamp timestamps to be no newer than last changelog entry, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInTarball
+ find debian/tmp -newermt "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" -print0 | xargs -0r touch --no-dereference --date="@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)"
+ # Create tarball with files sorted in a stable order, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/FileOrderInTarballs
+ # and without timestamp in the gzip header, see
+ # https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInGzipHeaders
+ cd debian/tmp && find . -print0 | LC_ALL=C sort -z | GZIP=-n tar --no-recursion --null -T - -czvf ../../../$(TARNAME)
dpkg-distaddfile $(TARNAME) raw-installer -
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