On 2023-12-01, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On 2021-10-06, Chris Lamb wrote: >> This is due to the use of the LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_DIR macro which includes >> the absolute build path. >> >> It is not entirely clear (during a very brief look) when/where this >> value is even used — the testsuite still passes even if this is set to >> a dummy value (see attached dummy patch). And, of course, the build >> path cannot be relied upon at runtime. > > The attached patch is an alternate approach by removing the code that > actually references the build path from various source files. It also > makes the build reproducible and the package still builds (so I presume > the test suite passes). > > As Chris pointed out, the build path is not something one can rely on at > runtime, so the installed package cannot rely on it anyways. > > I would like to perform an NMU in the near future, unless there are > objections?
I have uploaded an NMU to DELAYED/10 using dgit with the following
changes:
diff -Nru libinput-1.23.0/debian/changelog libinput-1.23.0/debian/changelog
--- libinput-1.23.0/debian/changelog 2023-06-13 17:30:14.000000000 -0700
+++ libinput-1.23.0/debian/changelog 2023-12-06 15:10:33.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+libinput (1.23.0-2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * tools: Remove references to LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_SRCDIR. (Closes: #995809)
+
+ -- Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@reproducible-builds.org> Wed, 06 Dec 2023
15:10:33 -0800
+
libinput (1.23.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
* debian/control:
diff -Nru libinput-1.23.0/debian/patches/series
libinput-1.23.0/debian/patches/series
--- libinput-1.23.0/debian/patches/series 2023-05-29 16:50:56.000000000
-0700
+++ libinput-1.23.0/debian/patches/series 2023-12-06 15:10:33.000000000
-0800
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
#placeholder
+tools-remove-references-to-libinput_quir.patch
diff -Nru
libinput-1.23.0/debian/patches/tools-remove-references-to-libinput_quir.patch
libinput-1.23.0/debian/patches/tools-remove-references-to-libinput_quir.patch
---
libinput-1.23.0/debian/patches/tools-remove-references-to-libinput_quir.patch
1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++
libinput-1.23.0/debian/patches/tools-remove-references-to-libinput_quir.patch
2023-12-06 15:10:33.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@reproducible-builds.org>
+Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 14:17:20 -0800
+X-Dgit-Generated: 1.23.0-2.1 8d72c3fd82d3eb08e28adc552aaeb93df83f9d3a
+Subject: tools: Remove references to LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_SRCDIR. (Closes: #995809)
+
+This embeds the build path which is not generally available at runtime and
+makes it more difficult to reproduce the build.
+
+https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/build-path/
+
+---
+
+diff --git a/tools/libinput-quirks.c b/tools/libinput-quirks.c
+index e97eff6..7f3e26f 100644
+--- a/tools/libinput-quirks.c
++++ b/tools/libinput-quirks.c
+@@ -166,14 +166,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+
+ /* Overriding the data dir means no custom override file */
+ if (!data_path) {
+- char *builddir = builddir_lookup();
+- if (builddir) {
+- data_path = LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_SRCDIR;
+- free(builddir);
+- } else {
+- data_path = LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_DIR;
+- override_file = LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_OVERRIDE_FILE;
+- }
++ data_path = LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_DIR;
++ override_file = LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_OVERRIDE_FILE;
+ }
+
+ quirks = quirks_init_subsystem(data_path,
+diff --git a/tools/libinput-record.c b/tools/libinput-record.c
+index 30b2900..1de63bc 100644
+--- a/tools/libinput-record.c
++++ b/tools/libinput-record.c
+@@ -1762,19 +1762,10 @@ print_device_quirks(struct record_device *dev)
+ struct quirks_context *quirks;
+ const char *data_path = LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_DIR;
+ const char *override_file = LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_OVERRIDE_FILE;
+- char *builddir = NULL;
+
+ if (stat(dev->devnode, &st) < 0)
+ return;
+
+- if ((builddir = builddir_lookup())) {
+- setenv("LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_DIR", LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_SRCDIR, 0);
+- data_path = LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_SRCDIR;
+- override_file = NULL;
+- }
+-
+- free(builddir);
+-
+ quirks = quirks_init_subsystem(data_path,
+ override_file,
+ quirks_log_handler,
+diff --git a/tools/shared.c b/tools/shared.c
+index 7a73027..fcacb03 100644
+--- a/tools/shared.c
++++ b/tools/shared.c
+@@ -411,16 +411,6 @@ tools_open_device(const char **paths, bool verbose, bool
*grab)
+ return li;
+ }
+
+-static void
+-tools_setenv_quirks_dir(void)
+-{
+- char *builddir = builddir_lookup();
+- if (builddir) {
+- setenv("LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_DIR", LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_SRCDIR, 0);
+- free(builddir);
+- }
+-}
+-
+ struct libinput *
+ tools_open_backend(enum tools_backend which,
+ const char **seat_or_device,
+@@ -429,8 +419,6 @@ tools_open_backend(enum tools_backend which,
+ {
+ struct libinput *li;
+
+- tools_setenv_quirks_dir();
+-
+ switch (which) {
+ case BACKEND_UDEV:
+ li = tools_open_udev(seat_or_device[0], verbose, grab);
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