[Pkg-xmpp-devel] Bug#1024292: swift-im: reproducible builds: Embeds build date in /usr/bin/swiften-config

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Source: swift-im
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

The build date is embedded in /usr/bin/swiften-config:

  https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/bookworm/amd64/diffoscope-results/swift-im.html

  20221108
  vs.
  20231213

The attached patch to debian/rules fixes this by creating a
VERSION.swift file with the upstream version before running the build,
which is read to get the version information so that it does not fall
back to a date for a version string.

According to my local tests, With this patch applied swift-im should
build reproducibly on tests.reproducible-builds.org!

Thanks for maintaining swift-im!

live well,
  vagrant
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