Bug#1147388: libguestfs regressed in reproducibility

[Jochen Sprickerhof]

Source: libguestfs
Version: 1:1.60.1-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: Hilko Bengen <bengen at debian.org>, reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: randomness

Hi Hilko,

libguestfs in unstable can't migrate to testing because the QA
infrastructure couldn't reproduce the binary packages in unstable while
it could reproduce the version in testing [1, 2].

It looks like this is due to the tar command in supermin:

https://sources.debian.org/src/supermin/5.2.2-8/src/mode_prepare.ml?hl=74&pow_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fcodesearch.debian.net%2F#L169

See [4] for some information on how to make tar reproducible. As you
maintain both packages, I am filing only one bug for now.

Feel free to reach out if you need help with this.

Cheers Jochen


[1] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=libguestfs
[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/05/msg00001.html
[3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/05/msg00383.html
[4] https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/archives/