[DRE-maint] Bug#964772: gem2deb: should not install mkmf.log files

[terceiro at debian.org]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 10:38:59AM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Source: gem2deb
> Version: 1.1
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: toolchain buildpath
> X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0] we noticed that
> gem2deb was generating Debian packages that were not reproducible.
> 
> For example, ruby-enumerable-statistics was installing a mkmf.log file
> that contained various absolute build paths, which will make the package
> not reproducible.
> 
> I note that there is code already in gem2deb that attempts to not
> install these (?), but it does not appear to be working.

That's a different code path that this package and others that use
--gem-install don't hit.


> Patch
> attached, although this is just a proof of concept and/or to
> demonstrate the problem a little more.

I'll apply your patch, thanks.
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