[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#1003501: gcc-sh-elf: reproducible builds: copyright files vary depending on /bin/sh symlink

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Source: gcc-sh-elf
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: shell
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

The copyright files shipped in gcc-sh-elf vary depending on which shell
/bin/sh points to:

  https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/bookworm/amd64/diffoscope-results/gcc-sh-elf.html

  ./usr/share/doc/gcc-sh-elf/copyright

  ... s/GPL-3'...-----
vs.
  ... s/GPL-3'..\n----

Patch attached which adjust the debian/rules target to use plain "echo"
rather than "echo -n", which appears to be less dependent on shell
behavior.


This patch alone does not fix all reproducibility issues (e.g. build
paths, which are only tested on unstable and experimental), but with
this patch and the patch recently submitted addressing usrmerge issues:

  https://bugs.debian.org/1003500


... gcc-sh-elf should become reproducible when it migrates to
bookworm/testing!


Thanks for maintaining gcc-sh-elf!


live well,
  vagrant
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