[pkg-lynx-maint] Bug#983208: lynx: embeds path to various binaries that differ with usrmerge

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2021-02-21 Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant at reproducible-builds.org> wrote:
> On 2021-02-21, Andreas Metzler wrote:
[...]

> Thanks for applying.


> > I don't get the point of trying to do reproducible builds on systems
> > that differ significantly (usrmerge or not), it feels like make-work.

> I get that, for sure.

> The current reproducible builds test infrastructure is geared towards
> finding issues so that we can fix them; some of the issues may seem to
> be nuanced corner-cases.

> In the case of usrmerge, both usrmerge and non-usrmerge systems exist in
> the wild; having fewer variables that affect the build makes it
> significantly easier to reproduce a build and more resilient. Bugs
> triggered by building in a usrmerge environment have actually resulted
> in functionally broken packages in several cases, too, so it does seem
> to me important to find them early.

Ok, I see.

Thankfully we will get rid of that major source of make-work
(supporting both usrmerge and unmerged) post bullseye ;-) #981582

Thanks, cu Andreas
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