[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#953646: Bug#953646: node-nodedbi: please make the build reproducible

[Xavier]

Le 11/03/2020 à 19:03, Chris Lamb a écrit :
> Source: node-nodedbi
> Version: 1.0.13+dfsg-1
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: timestamps
> X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0] we noticed that
> node-nodedbi could not be built reproducibly.
> 
> This is because it embedded the build path within files under a /.dep/
> directory. For example:
> 
>    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nodejs/nodedbi/build/Release/.deps/Release/obj.target/nodedbi/src/query.o.d
> 
> This is all a little confusing as you exclude .deps (via -X/.deps/) in
> debian/rules, but this is not making any difference as the files are
> installed via dh_auto_install (not dh_install)... but surely the
> Debhelper buildsystem should be excluding these anyway..? You also
> attempt to fix some permissions for a directory that can only
> exist under .deps due to the wildcard, so when I prevent the .deps
> being installed via some ugly means, this line then fails.
> 
> Patch attached that, at least, makes it build reproducibly but
> moreoever a concrete demonstration of what I mean in the above
> rambling paragraphs; you likely do not want to apply it as-is. :)
> 
>  [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/
> 
> 
> Regards,

Hi,

this is automatically fixed by a rebuild with recent pkg-js-tools.
However this package has a RC bug (incompatible with Nodejs ≥ 12)

Cheers,
Xavier