[Reproducible-builds] [Gimp-print-devel] Reproducible foomatic db

[Robert Krawitz]

On Sat, 07 Feb 2015 18:28:47 +0100, Reiner Herrmann wrote:
> Hi!
>
> While working on Debian's =E2=80=9Creproducible builds=E2=80=9D effort [1], we have
> noticed that gutenprint doesn't build reproducibly [2].
> The order of printers (and other attributes) in foomatic xml files
> is not deterministic and varies on every build.
>
> The attached patch fixes this by sorting Perl hashes that are iterated,
> to produce the same output every time.
>
> Regards,
>  Reiner
>
> [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
> [2]: https://reproducible.debian.net/gutenprint

This is reasonable.  We couldn't rely on the order in which the hash
iterator produces keys in any event, so sorting them shouldn't be able
to cause any harm.
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