[Reproducible-builds] Repro Build report I do not understand

[Jérémy Bobbio]

Dirk Eddelbuettel:
> | From the quick look I had, it seems symbols are sorted in a different
> | order depending on the locale:
> | https://reproducible.debian.net/dbd/unstable/amd64/littler_0.3.0-2.debbindiff.html#r-cran-littler_0.3.0-2_amd64.deb/data.tar.xz/data.tar/./usr/bin/r/objdump%20--disassemble%20--full-contents%20{}
> | (It's my guess because both are sorted by the second build has lowercase
> | 'a' grouped together with uppercase 'A'.)
> | 
> | The symbols match the ones in
> | https://sources.debian.net/src/r-base/3.2.2-1/src/library/datasets/data/
> | 
> | Hope that helps,
> 
> That is very good too.  Should I ensure a locale during the build?  Any other
> heavy hand?

You can try to set LC_ALL (or set LC_COLLATE and unset LC_ALL). But you
might want to identify where the sorting happens first.

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