On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 08:26:13AM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 06:15:55PM +0200, Bernhard M. Wiedemann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I found this patch in the Debian bugtracker > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=826158 > > and also want it for the openSUSE GNU/Linux distribution > > so it might as well go upstream: > > > > Indecription: Reproducible info output > > Honour the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable to get a reproducible > > @today value for info output when it is set. > > See https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/ > > Author: Alexis Bienvenüe <p...@passoire.fr> > > OK, thank you.
If I recall well, and if it was not changed, there is already code in texi2any to have a reproducible @today, and maybe reproducible dates in other places too. If I recall well it was the TEST customization variable that triggered that, among other changes to have reproducible texts. Maybe this could partly be replaced by SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH being set in the tests? -- Pat
