Bug#1108281: cctools: please make the build reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: cctools
Version: 1:7.14.5-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps buildpath
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

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

This is because the config.mk file included the current build time (as
well as the current build path).

Patch attached that modifies this file after its generation. However,
you may wish to consider the utility of shipping this file: said
paths, after all, did not resolve at all on user's systems prior to
this point.

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


Regards,

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--- a/debian/rules	2025-06-24 09:04:18.125749591 -0700
--- b/debian/rules	2025-06-24 09:26:09.687680778 -0700
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 	for v in vine_example_gutenberg vine_example_blast vine_example_poncho vine_example_mosaic vine_example_watch ; do \
 		rm  debian/tmp/doc/cctools/examples/taskvine/C/$$v ; done
 	find debian/tmp/ -type f -size 0 -delete 
+	# fix nondeterminstic lines
+	sed -i '/^# Generated at.*/d' ./debian/tmp/etc/cctools/config.mk
+	sed -i -e 's@$(CURDIR)@/usr/share/cctools at g' ./debian/tmp/etc/cctools/config.mk
 
 
 override_dh_auto_clean: