Proposal for making Multi-Arch:same binNMU-safe

[Jochen Sprickerhof]

Hi Wookey,

* Wookey <wookey at wookware.org> [2026-04-15 19:59]:
>Which Ian are we talking about here (or is there a backup package in debian called 'Ian's backup system')?
>Does this issue affect more people than 'Ian'?
>
>Why does it break when binNMUs are built to (internally) match the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH?
>
>Should a backup system not be able to cope with new files that have
>old dates in them (are the timestamps of the debs themselves set to
>the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH?)
>
>Essentially I am wondering if perhaps this backup system should be
>fixed, rather than the build systems changed?
>
>Perhaps this has all been discussed already somewhere, and there is a
>good reason why this option has not been included in the solution-set?
>If so, do you have a pointer?

See: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=843773

Cheers Jochen
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