[Reproducible-builds] Bug#786846: alt-ergo: [PATCH] please make the build reproducible - set build date

Juan Picca jumapico at gmail.com
Tue May 26 11:50:13 UTC 2015


Please, ignore the previous email.
I did not realize that the set of the variable is in debian/rules.

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Juan Picca <jumapico at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jérémy!
> Thanks for your comments, i will change it soon.
> Maybe we need change too the wiki pages as
> https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInManpagesGeneratedBySphinx
> ?
> Greetings
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 5:29 AM, Jérémy Bobbio <lunar at debian.org> wrote:
>> Juan Picca:
>>> --- a/Makefile.users
>>> +++ b/Makefile.users
>>> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
>>>  ARCH = $(shell uname -m)
>>> +BUILD_DATE = $(shell LANG=en_US; date)
>>
>> I would use `?=` instead of `=` here to highlight that it can be preset.
>>
>> I'm actually suprised that it works like this, but tests confirmed it.
>> But hey, you learn every day:
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Overriding.html
>> Thanks Juan. :)
>>
>> --
>> Lunar                                .''`.
>> lunar at debian.org                    : :Ⓐ  :  # apt-get install anarchism
>>                                     `. `'`
>>                                       `-



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