Bug#782879: + Bug#782878: lib{test-log4perl, scalar-defer}-perl: please make the build reproducible

[Axel Beckert]

Control: tag -1 + moreinfo

Hi Jelmer,

Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> diff -ur libtest-log4perl-perl-0.1001/debian/rules libtest-log4perl-perl-0.1001-new/debian/rules
> --- libtest-log4perl-perl-0.1001/debian/rules	2011-11-16 18:08:28.000000000 +0000
> +++ libtest-log4perl-perl-0.1001-new/debian/rules	2015-04-19 11:04:14.003327699 +0000
> @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
>  #!/usr/bin/make -f
>  
> +# Set man page timestamp to last package change time.
> +BUILD_DATE = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -S Date)
> +POD_MAN_DATE = $(shell date -u +"%Y-%m-%d" --date="$(BUILD_DATE)")
> +export POD_MAN_DATE
> +
>  %:
>  	dh $@

Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> diff -ur libscalar-defer-perl-0.23/debian/rules libscalar-defer-perl-0.23-new/debian/rules
> --- libscalar-defer-perl-0.23/debian/rules	2015-04-19 10:59:01.000000000 +0000
> +++ libscalar-defer-perl-0.23-new/debian/rules	2015-04-19 10:59:38.911642206 +0000
> @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
>  #!/usr/bin/make -f
>  
> +# Set man page timestamp to last package change time.
> +BUILD_DATE = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -S Date)
> +POD_MAN_DATE = $(shell date -u +"%Y-%m-%d" --date="$(BUILD_DATE)")
> +export POD_MAN_DATE
> +
>  %:
>  	dh $@

Thanks for the patches.

But isn't this something which should be done doing once and properly
in the build system (e.g. in dh_auto_build), like setting all the file
time stamps to that date?

Cc'ing the reproducible builds project as well as the debhelper
maintainers for input.

		Regards, Axel
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