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has caused the Debian Bug report #1058491,
regarding add a "Date" control field (for reproducibility)
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: equivs
Version: 2.3.1
Tags: patch
Please accept this enhancement to add a "Date" field to the
equivs-build control file.
If supplied, the Date value will be used instead of the current time
to set the date/time in the generated debian/changelog file.
Sometimes the caller does not need to supply an entire changelog file
but just needs to set the package date. Setting the date to a
specific time lets equivs-build be part of a reproducible build chain.
--- equivs-2.3.1/usr/bin/equivs-build
+++ equivs/usr/bin/equivs-build
@@ -339,9 +339,14 @@ sub make_changelog {
my ($version, $suite, $date);
$version = $control->{'Version'} || "1.0";
$suite = $control->{'Suite'} || "unstable";
- chomp ($date = qx(date -R));
+ my $date_to_use_arg = "";
+ if (my $control_dateq = $control->{'Date'}) {
+ $control_dateq =~ s/'/'\\\''/g;
+ $date_to_use_arg = "--date='$control_dateq'";
+ }
+ chomp ($date = qx(date -R $date_to_use_arg));
open OUT, '>', "$builddir/debian/changelog" or
die "Couldn't write changelog: $!\n";
print OUT <<EOINPUT;
--- equivs-2.3.1/equivs-build.pod
+++ equivs/equivs-build.pod
@@ -30,11 +30,19 @@ There are several additional fields that can be used:
=item Changelog:
-File to be used as the changelog
+File to be used as the F<changelog>. If not specified, B<equivs-build>
+will generate one. Some parts of the generated F<changelog> can be
+controlled; see the Version and Date fields.
=item Version:
If you don't use a local changelog, equivs will create a
dummy one. As the version of the package is defined in the
changelog, equivs will assume the version 1.0. With this
field, you can set an explicit version.
+=item Date:
+
+If B<equivs-build> generates a F<changelog> file, it will use this
+time as the package release date. The date defaults to the current time.
+The Date string can be anything C<S<date -d>> will accept.
+
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.3.2
This has been implemented differently.
If you set the environment variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH before calling
`equivs-build`, that timestamp will be used for the changelog entry.
https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/source-date-epoch/
With kind regards,
Roland Clobus
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