[Reproducible-builds] Bug#800797: docbook-utils: please generate reproducible manpages

[Reiner Herrmann]

Source: docbook-utils
Version: 0.6.14-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: toolchain timestamps locale
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi!

While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
that docbook-utils doesn't generate reproducible manpages.
The embedded timestamp is using the build date and also varies depending
on the configured locale.

The attached patch adds support for the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment
variable [2] and uses the C locale for the human-readable month
(which also fixes #214982).

Regards,
 Reiner

[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
[2]: https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/

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