[Reproducible-builds] [Pkg-octave-devel] Trying to fix random_buildpath_by_octave

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Reiner Herrmann <reiner at reiner-h.de> [2015-10-26 12:05]:
>
> If you look at the page of an affected package [1], you can find a diff 
> of the logs between both build [2]. There you won't find the build id, 
> but the cause of the binary variation:
>
>>  -mkdir (/tmp/oct-RnOahg)
>>  -Copying directory (., /tmp/oct-RnOahg)
>>  -make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/oct-RnOahg/src'
>>  +mkdir (/tmp/oct-KZzyZE)
>>  +Copying directory (., /tmp/oct-KZzyZE)
>>  +make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/oct-KZzyZE/src'
>
> In the diff of the compiled binary packages [3] you can then see that the 
> "Build ID" is differing:
>
>>  │   │   │   │   │ -    Build ID: 5f46757a2de5cce2303368e1b8490fabc2278a5f
>>  │   │   │   │   │ +    Build ID: fed8cdbc88dc2ce89aecf63b89d0e7083d987aa0
>
> I hope this helps you.

Thanks, this is exactly the information that I needed.  I think I found a 
fix for this issue by making a change in the octave-pkg-dev package [1].

Best,

Rafael

1. http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-octave-devel/2015-October/011812.html