[Reproducible-builds] getting dpkg ready for reproducible sid

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Alexis Bienvenüe wrote:
> Maybe it should be good to also have (to be merged with ddce83d)
> 
> if (! exists($ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH_TEX_PRIMITIVES})) {
>     $ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH_TEX_PRIMITIVES} = 1;
> }
> 
> in dpkg-buildpackage (see summary and pointers in
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759999#25)
> 
> This is not essential with current version of texlive-bin in our
> reproducible toolchain, that backports TL2016 patches to TL2015
> currently packaged (without using SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH_TEX_PRIMITIVES), but
> it will be meaningful when TL2016 will be released and reach debian.

It actually has reached Debian about a month ago, but just in
Experimental:

https://packages.qa.debian.org/t/texlive-base/news/20160417T170437Z.html

		Regards, Axel
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