Build with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nocheck" when testing for reproducibility?

[Holger Levsen]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:13:29PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > Maybe it would be worth adding DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck on the second
> > build for https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian ? It might save
> > some build time and find some issues that would probably be worth
> > fixing...
> yes, I now think so too.
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/BuildProfileSpec also specifies that no change
> is expected when building with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck so I think I'll
> implement this soon!

the release team doesnt want hundreds of RC bugs filed based on these failures
right now, thus I've decided to not set DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck for the 
2nd build right now, but rather made it a calendar entry for July 1st 2025
to enable it after the trixie release.

(Which probably will mean that on July 1st I'll adjust the date for enabling
again, as on July 1st it will be clearer, when we'll release trixie. 
https://release.debian.org/testing/freeze_policy.html)


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