[Reproducible-builds] Bug#785774: afterstep: [PATCH] please make the build reproducible

[Juan Picca]

Source: afterstep
Version: 2.2.12-5
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps

Hi!

While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
that afterstep could not be built reproducibly.

The three attached patches removes extra timestamps from the build system:

* 47-Add-build-date-to-AsDocGen.patch: modifies ASDocGen binary to add the
  --build-date flag that expects an unix time (integer) and use it for
  timestamps in generated files (documentation).

* 48-Make-build-reproducible.patch: modifies Makefile.in adding the
  variable ASDOCGENOPTS to the command line of ASDocGen.

* debian-rules.patch: modifies the debian/rules file to get the unix
  time from the changelog file and set the variable ASDOCGENOPTS.

Once applied, afterstep can be built reproducibly in our current experimental
framework.

 [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
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