On Sunday, 9 July 2023 17:59:04 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote: > [adding Deri to CC] > > At 2023-07-09T13:24:27+0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 09, 2023 at 02:42:55AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > So, how about the attached patch? > > > > I somehow neglected to update doc/groff.texi. Here's an updated > > version. > > I have no objection to this patch. I think Colin is right that none > but reproducible-build mavens are going to use $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. > > I am curious to see some concrete examples of the sorts of shenanigans > TZ is used for in reproducible build testing, which foreclose the groff > 1.23.0 approach as far as Debian (and presumably others) are concerned. > > Also, we should solicit a +1 from Deri for the gropdf patch. I'm > attaching just that part for his convenience. > > Regards, > Branden
Hi Branden, It looks Ok, not tested. I'm happy for you to apply. Once gropdf moves to the font subsetting version it will cause a problem for reproducible builds, since the gubbins inside the pdf changes enormously, but it should look identical. Cheers Deri
