Bug#1067485: python-pysaml2: please make the build reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: python-pysaml2
Version: 7.4.2-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: randomness
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed that
python-pysaml2 could not be built reproducibly.

This is because the tests generate a (nondeterministic) file called
eptid.db that is then shipped in the binary package. Incidentally, the
file is installed directly to the global
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages directory, which is a likely a bug in
itself. (Hm, isn't there a Lintian warning for this?)

Anyway, patch attached that removes this file after running the tests.

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


Regards,

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--- a/debian/rules	2024-03-22 09:31:42.477985685 +0000
--- b/debian/rules	2024-03-22 09:59:35.122321091 +0000
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 	for i in $$(find . -type d -iname __pycache__) ; do rm -rf $$i ; done
 	dh_auto_clean
 
+execute_after_dh_auto_test:
+	find .pybuild -type f -name eptid.db -delete
+
 #override_dh_install:
 #	dh_install
 #	set -e ; set -x ; for i in `ls $(CURDIR)/debian/python3-pysaml2/usr/bin/*.py` ; do \