Source: mauve
Version: 20140821-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi,
While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
that mauve could not be built reproducibly.
The attached patch removes timestamps from the build system. Once
applied, mauve can be built reproducibly in our current reproducible
toolchain.
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
Regards,
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diff -urNad mauve.orig/mauve-20140821/debian/rules
mauve/mauve-20140821/debian/rules
--- mauve.orig/mauve-20140821/debian/rules 2015-02-12 23:49:53.696111641
+0000
+++ mauve/mauve-20140821/debian/rules 2015-02-12 23:54:10.779458633 +0000
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+BUILD_DATE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Date)
build: build-stamp
build-arch: build-stamp
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@
mkdir -p debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve
cp -a $(filter-out debian, $(wildcard .??* *)) \
debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve/
- tar -c --gzip -f $(CURDIR)/debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve.tar.gz \
- -C debian/mauve/usr/src mauve
+ GZIP="-9n" tar -c --gzip -f $(CURDIR)/debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve.tar.gz
\
+ -C debian/mauve/usr/src --mtime="$(BUILD_DATE)" mauve
rm -rf debian/mauve/usr/src/mauve
# Build architecture-independent files here.
