Package: dpkg
Version: 1.16.10
Severity: normal
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Summary: In lib/dpkg/compress.c, I would like it if dpkg did not store
timestamps in the gzip files. That way, the creation of the data.tar.gz
would be deterministic.
In particular, when I build a binary package with the very same contents
twice, I see that data.tar.xz and control.tar.gz are both different
although they have the same contents (even timestamps).
Binary files one/control.tar.gz and two/control.tar.gz differ
Binary files one/data.tar.xz and two/data.tar.xz differ
In 1.16.10 I would add '-n' to the call to 'gzip' in a pipe. In curent
dpkg git, I believe this may be fixed, but I am not sure. I am filing this
bug so there is a clear statement of the general problem in the BTS, at
least!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers oldstable
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting
file co
ii libc6 2.17-3 Embedded GNU C Library:
Shared lib
ii liblzma5 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2 XZ-format compression library
ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared
libraries
ii tar 1.23-2.1 GNU version of the tar
archiving u
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime
dpkg recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dpkg suggests:
ii apt 0.9.7.8 commandline package manager
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