[Reproducible-builds] Bug#823764: sen: please make the build reproducible (timestamps)

[Daniel Shahaf]

Source: sen
Version: 0.3.0-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps fileordering

Hi!

While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
that sen could not be built reproducibly [2].

The attached patch renders the build timestamp in a consistent timezone,
causing the "build date" comment in the man page nroff source to be
reproducible.

Cheers,

Daniel

P.S. Incidentally, setting the "build date" to the changelog timestamp —
as sen does — is indeed the recommended approach: see [3]. 

 [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
 [2]: https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/dbdtxt/unstable/amd64/sen_0.3.0-1.diffoscope.txt
 [3]: https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/
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