Bug#1006256: gmerlin: reproducible builds: Timestamps embedded in manpages

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Source: gmerlin
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 timestamp is embedded in manpages:

  ./usr/share/man/man1/mdb-tool.1.gz

  -.TH MDB-TOOL 1 "February 2022" Gmerlin "User Manuals"
  vs.
  +.TH MDB-TOOL 1 "November 2022" Gmerlin "User Manuals"


The attached patch fixes this by respecting the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
environment variable in the manpage generation code in lib/cmdline.c.


With this patch applied, gmerlin should build reproducibly on
tests.reproducible-builds.org!


Thanks for maintaining gmerlin!


live well,
  vagrant
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