randomness_in_r_rdb_rds_databases not very random?

[Vagrant Cascadian]

I've noticed nearly all of the packages marked
"randomness_in_r_rdb_rds_databases" actaully appear to be not random at
all, but rather a deterministic result derived from the build path:

~1200 packages that FTBR in unstable:

  https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/issues/unstable/randomness_in_r_rdb_rds_databases_issue.html

~1200 build reproducibly in bookworm:

  https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/issues/bookworm/randomness_in_r_rdb_rds_databases_issue.html

Because of this discrepancy, I created the issue
"captures_build_path_in_r_rdb_rds_databases" but I also noticed the
description for "randomness_in_r_rdb_rds_databases" mentions that it is
the result of a build path:

  Randomness seems to come from using absolute paths in .rd[bs] files.

I think most of the fixes mentioned in the description of
"randomness_in_r_rdb_rds_databases" have been applied.


Should this be clarified somehow?

Our notes are generally a best effort thing and we don't want to get too
caught up in exacting details or semantic arguments, but it might be
good to be more specific when we can? :)


live well,
  vagrant
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