Source: splitpatch Version: 1.0+20170926+git322ebca-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch User: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: timestamps X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-b...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Hi, Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed that splitpatch could not be built reproducibly. This is because the embedded pod2man.mk uses the current build date. Patch attached. [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/ Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
--- a/debian/patches/reproducible-build.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 --- b/debian/patches/reproducible-build.patch 2019-01-25 08:42:48.543410438 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Description: Make the build reproducible +Author: Chris Lamb <la...@debian.org> +Last-Update: 2019-01-25 + +--- splitpatch-1.0+20170926+git322ebca.orig/man/pod2man.mk ++++ splitpatch-1.0+20170926+git322ebca/man/pod2man.mk +@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ RELEASE ?= $(PACKAGE) + + # Optional variables to set + MANSECT ?= 1 +-PODCENTER ?= $$(date "+%Y-%m-%d") ++ ++DATE_FMT = %Y-%m-%d ++ifdef SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH ++PODCENTER ?= $$(shell date -u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" "+$(DATE_FMT)" 2>/dev/null || date -u -r "$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" "+$(DATE_FMT)" 2>/dev/null || date -u "+$(DATE_FMT)") ++else ++PODCENTER ?= $$(date "$(DATE_FMT)") ++endif + + # Directories + MANSRC = --- a/debian/patches/series 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 --- b/debian/patches/series 2019-01-25 08:42:47.423403838 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +reproducible-build.patch
