Bug#870131: autopep8: please make the build reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: autopep8
Version: 1.3.2-1~exp1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: environment
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed
that autopep8 could not be built reproducibly.

This is because it uses the generated --help output which (helpfully)
expands the user's home directory, which naturally varies between
builds:

│ │ │ │ │  \fB\-\-global\-config\fR filename
│ │ │ │ │  path to a global pep8 config file; if this file does
│ │ │ │ │  not exist then this is ignored (default: \fI\,/nonexistent\/\fP
│ │ │ │ │ -/first\-build/.config/pep8)
│ │ │ │ │ +/second\-build/.config/pep8)
│ │ │ │ │  .TP

Patch attached that simply hardcodes the path for the documentation.
We seem to be doing this in the README already, so it is not a big
of an issue.


 [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/


Regards,

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diff --git a/autopep8.py b/autopep8.py
index fb32e12..a0ececf 100755
--- a/autopep8.py
+++ b/autopep8.py
@@ -3226,7 +3226,7 @@ def create_parser():
                         default=DEFAULT_CONFIG,
                         help='path to a global pep8 config file; if this file '
                              'does not exist then this is ignored '
-                             '(default: {0})'.format(DEFAULT_CONFIG))
+                             '(default: ~/.config)')
     parser.add_argument('--ignore-local-config', action='store_true',
                         help="don't look for and apply local config files; "
                              'if not passed, defaults are updated with any '