Bug#834190: perl: please make the output of ExtUtils::Command::MM reproducible
Hi Dominic, > I suppose my question was whether you saw this in the context of > a package build (which would be odd, but I'm sure there are cases > where it happens) or at some other time Package builds, definitely. :) Digging into the history of our "notes.git", this was (at least) in rt-extension-customfieldsonupdate and rt-extension-spawnlinkedticketinqueue. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
Bug#834190: perl: please make the output of ExtUtils::Command::MM reproducible
On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 03:48:56PM +1300, Chris Lamb wrote: > Hi Dominic, > > > Could you clarify how this showed up as an issue as part of the > > reproducible builds work? > > Not sure how I can add beyond the original bug report alas :) However, > what I was seeing was that ExtUtils::Command::MM was generating > "perllocal.pod" files that contained the current time of day, > hence the patch. I suppose my question was whether you saw this in the context of a package build (which would be odd, but I'm sure there are cases where it happens) or at some other time (in which case, is there still a justification for working towards reproducibility)? I appreciate this was a long time ago so you may not have the information, and I should have asked this at the time. perllocal.pod generation is already disabled for vendor installs so either there is a bug in that or you saw the generation happening elsewhere. https://sources.debian.net/src/perl/5.24.1-1/debian/patches/debian/no_packlist_perllocal.diff/ > > A reproducible build should just disable perllocal generation > > > > — https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/pull/279 > > I'm afraid I just don't know -- am not deep enough into Perl packaging > to know the impact of this. > > Let me comment on there actually... Thanks! Dominic.
Bug#834190: perl: please make the output of ExtUtils::Command::MM reproducible
Hi Dominic, > Could you clarify how this showed up as an issue as part of the > reproducible builds work? Not sure how I can add beyond the original bug report alas :) However, what I was seeing was that ExtUtils::Command::MM was generating "perllocal.pod" files that contained the current time of day, hence the patch. > A reproducible build should just disable perllocal generation > > — https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/pull/279 I'm afraid I just don't know -- am not deep enough into Perl packaging to know the impact of this. Let me comment on there actually... Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
Bug#834190: perl: please make the output of ExtUtils::Command::MM reproducible
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:39:13PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], I noticed > that ExtUtils::Command::MM generates perllocal.pod files that are > not reproducible. > > For example: > > -=head2 Sun Jul 3 14:56:53 2016: C +=head2 Sun Aug 6 23:18:50 2017: C > Patch attached. > > [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/ Hi Chris, Could you clarify how this showed up as an issue as part of the reproducible builds work? There seems to be some resistance to the change in https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/pull/279 that I don't quite understand, and it'd be nice to demonstrate more clearly that it's relevant outside Debian... Cheers, Dominic.
Bug#834190: perl: please make the output of ExtUtils::Command::MM reproducible
Hi, > perl: please make the output of ExtUtils::Command::MM reproducible See also #835815. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
Bug#834190: perl: please make the output of ExtUtils::Command::MM reproducible
Source: perl
Version: 5.22.2-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps toolchain
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Hi,
Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], I noticed
that ExtUtils::Command::MM generates perllocal.pod files that are
not reproducible.
For example:
-=head2 Sun Jul 3 14:56:53 2016: Chttps://reproducible-builds.org/
Regards,
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diff --git a/cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib/ExtUtils/Command/MM.pm
b/cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib/ExtUtils/Command/MM.pm
index 203b3aa..0f1217b 100644
--- a/cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib/ExtUtils/Command/MM.pm
+++ b/cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib/ExtUtils/Command/MM.pm
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ sub perllocal_install {
: @ARGV;
my $pod;
-$pod = sprintf < L<$name|$name>
=over 4
