[Reproducible-builds] Bug#820457: recode: please make the build reproducible (timestamps)

[Alexis Bienvenüe]

Source: recode
Version: 3.6-22
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch upstream
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Dear Maintainer,

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

The attached patch makes recode building using a recent version of
help2man (from the debian package) instead of the old one shipped with
the recode sources. This version honours the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
environment variable, so that the date used in the documentation is
taken from the last debian/changelog entry. Once applied, recode can be
built reproducibly in our current experimental framework.

Regards,
Alexis Bienvenüe.

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


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