Bug#792988: xbs: please make the build reproducible

2015-07-21 Thread Maria Valentina Marin
Hi, On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:30:41 +0100 Matthew Vernon wrote: > I think this isn't the correct answer, and in fact the thing to do is > add -p to the cp and install calls, to preserve timestamps? I tried to build xbs using the -p option as you suggested, and while files become reproducible, the

Bug#792988: xbs: please make the build reproducible

2015-07-20 Thread Matthew Vernon
Control: tags 792988 -patch quit The attached patch sets the mtimes of all files which are modified during the built to the date of the last changelog entry in order to produce files with reproducible metadata. Once applied, xbs can be built reproducibly in our current experimental framework.

Bug#792988: xbs: please make the build reproducible

2015-07-20 Thread Maria Valentina Marin
Source: xbs Version: 0-9 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch User: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: timestamps X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org Hi! While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed that xbs could not be built reproduci