Bug#995809: libinput: please make the build reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: libinput
Version: 1.19.1-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: buildpath
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0] we noticed that
libinput could not be built reproducibly.

This is due to the use of the LIBINPUT_QUIRKS_DIR macro which includes
the absolute build path.

It is not entirely clear (during a very brief look) when/where this
value is even used — the testsuite still passes even if this is set to
a dummy value (see attached dummy patch). And, of course, the build
path cannot be relied upon at runtime.

 [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/


Regards,

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