[Reproducible-builds] Bug#794586: ocaml: Please make ocamldoc produce reproducible manpages

[Valentin Lorentz]

Source: ocaml
Version: 4.01.0-5
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi!

While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
that packages using ocamldoc to write manpages could not be built
reproducibly, including ocaml itself.

The attached patch removes extra timestamps from the generated
documentation. Once applied, ocamldoc-generated manpages can be built
reproducibly in our current experimental framework.

Note: this patch itself does not make ocaml build reproducibly, I will
submit a patch for that after #794583 is fixed.

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

Regards,
Valentin
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