[Reproducible-builds] Bug#807231: vowpal-wabbit: please make the build reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: vowpal-wabbit
Version: 7.3-1.1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: randomness
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

Whilst working on the "reproducible builds" effort [0], we noticed that
vowpal-wabbit could not be built reproducibly.

The attached patch removes randomness from the build system. Once
applied, vowpal-wabbit can be built reproducibly using our reproducible
toolchain.

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


Regards,

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