On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 06:56:10PM +0100, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > We are currently experimenting with fixing mtimes in `dh_builddeb` > instead of requiring a new helper. I have also done my latest > experiments without `dh_strip_nondeterminism`. The attached patch adds > the `-n` flag to gzip to compensate.
Okay. > That's how the experimental toolchain now works: the .buildinfo is > generated by dpkg-genbuildinfo, called by dpkg-buildpackage. Thanks > > > > * linux-source: mtimes of many files differ. Would it be ok to just > > > > create the tarball with a single timestamp (`tar --mtime=`)? > I've used find+touch instead. See attached patch. Why? > I also stumbled on a variation of the Installed-Size field in one of the > .deb. But this is a different topic. Is this value computed in a stable way? > +@@ -301,7 +301,9 @@ if [ ! -z ${output_file} ]; then > + if [ -z ${cpio_file} ]; then > + timestamp= > + if test -n "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"; then > +- timestamp="$(date -d"$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP" +%s || :)" > ++ source_date=$(echo "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP" | > ++ sed -e 's/.*(\([0-9-]\+\)).*/\1/') > ++ timestamp="$(date -d"$source_date" +%s || :)" This solution may not work. The patched source can be built with a normal timestamp override, via linux-source. > @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ > rm -rf '$@' '$(DIR)' > $(call copy_source,$(DIR)) > chmod -R u+rw,go=rX '$(DIR)' > + find '$(DIR)' -depth -newermt '$(SOURCE_DATE)' -print0 | \ > + xargs -0r touch --no-dereference --date='$(SOURCE_DATE)' -newermt? This does not look really stable. Bastian -- Every living thing wants to survive. -- Spock, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org