Bug#978610: a2ps: reproducible builds: Embeds build time README and info page

Vagrant Cascadian vagrant at reproducible-builds.org
Tue Dec 29 08:18:38 GMT 2020


Package: a2ps
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

The README and a2ps embed the build time:

  https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/bullseye/amd64/diffoscope-results/a2ps.html

  README
  Mon·Nov·30·21:05:05·-12·2020
  vs.
  Tue·Jan··4·05:31:47·+14·2022


The attached patches fix this by passing arguments to date to support
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH and by removing the UPDATED calls in the .texi files
used to generate the documentation.


Thanks for maintaining a2ps!


live well,
  vagrant
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