Bug#1133008: mage: please make the build reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: mage
Version: 1.17.1+ds-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: nochecj
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

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

This is because the testsuite generates a mage_output_file.go file,
so that if the tests are skipped (ie. via nocheck), then the binary
package will differ.

Patch attached that removes this file after the testsuite is run.

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


Regards,

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--- a/debian/rules	2026-04-08 14:43:59.936642062 -0400
--- b/debian/rules	2026-04-08 14:48:02.906894017 -0400
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 B = $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/bin
 M = $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1
 
+execute_after_dh_auto_test:
+	find _build -name mage_output_file.go -delete
+
 ifeq (,$(filter nodoc,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)))
 execute_before_dh_installman-arch:
 	mkdir -pv $(M)