Bug#950806: dh_strip_nondeterminism: breaks Multi-Arch: same on binNMU

[Chris Lamb]

Hi Helmut,

>    dh_strip_nondeterminism -a
> 	Using 1579457206 as canonical time
[…]
>    dh_strip_nondeterminism -a
> 	Using 1579456117 as canonical time
[…]
> This could affect any Multi-Arch: same package that is being binNMUed.

I can't seem to summon enough braincells this second to work out the
right solution but whilst I see this I *think* this has been discussed
a little before (likely with no resolution).

Ah yes, here we go perhaps:

  https://bugs.debian.org/894441

Again, just linking whilst I remember it so we are aware of past thoughts.

> I think the only sane solution to this problem is having
> dh_strip_nondeterminism skip binNMU changelog entries when generating
> the timestamp.

(This seems... suboptimal? I mean, not just because it's kinda ugly
but other parts of a Debian build could be using a different
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH they obtained via some other means...)


Regards,

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