[Reproducible-builds] Bug#795861: fakeroot: please make the build reproducible (timestamps, fileordering)

[Val Lorentz]

Source: fakeroot
Version: 1.20.2-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps fileordering
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi!

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

The attached patch removes build time from the output package by setting
the mtime of all files to the time of the last changelog entry. Once
applied, fakeroot can be built reproducibly in our current experimental
framework.

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

Regards,
Val
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