Package: texlive-base
Version: 2021.20211217-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: randomness
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-b...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Hello Debian TeX Task Force,
While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], I have noticed that the
output of the shell script and the output of the Perl script for 'mktexlsr'
produce different output, as seen in '/var/lib/texmf/ls-R'.
This was demonstrated in the Cinnamon live image for bookworm and sid [2], as
built on Jenkins [3].
If the Perl version is used as the last step in postinst (e.g. when invoked
from fmtutil), the output is not reproducible.
I've attached two patches, feel free to use either of them.
The file synchronise_mktexlsr_shell_and_perl.patch makes the output identical,
assuming that the Perl script is started with '--sort':
* The shell script occasionally outputs a double empty line, 'cat -s' removes
this
* The Perl script had an empty line before './:' and had a trailing empty line
The file synchronise_mktexlsr_shell_and_perl_and_remove_sort.patch contains the
same and additionally removes the functionality of the '--sort' flag (by always
sorting), while still allowing the flag to be passed.
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
[2]: https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian_live_build/cinnamon-
unstable.html
[3]:
https://jenkins.debian.net/view/live/job/reproducible_debian_live_build_cinnamon_sid
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##################################
minimal input file
##################################
other files
######################################
List of ls-R files
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 81 Jan 9 11:33 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1769 Jan 9 11:33 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Sep 4 11:34 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R ->
/var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 18 00:07 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R ->
/var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 18 00:07 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R ->
/var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
######################################
Config files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 Sep 10 06:56 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Dec 18 00:07 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ->
/var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Dec 18 00:07 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ->
/var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2862 Dec 20 17:56
/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
######################################
Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Jun 15 2013 mktex.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 Sep 10 06:56 texmf.cnf
######################################
md5sums of texmf.d
ca40c66f144b4bafc3e59a2dd32ecb9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/00debian.cnf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages texlive-base depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.79
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.28+b1
ii sensible-utils 0.0.17
ii tex-common 6.17
ii texlive-binaries 2021.20210626.59705-1
ii ucf 3.0043
ii xdg-utils 1.1.3-4.1
Versions of packages texlive-base recommends:
ii lmodern 2.004.5-6.1
Versions of packages texlive-base suggests:
ii evince [postscript-viewer] 41.3-1
ii ghostscript [postscript-viewer] 9.55.0~dfsg-3
ii perl-tk 1:804.035-0.1+b1
pn xpdf | pdf-viewer <none>
pn xzdec <none>
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii dpkg 1.21.1
ii ucf 3.0043
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 13.6
Versions of packages texlive-base is related to:
ii tex-common 6.17
ii texlive-binaries 2021.20210626.59705-1
-- debconf information excluded
diff -r -u /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive.modified/mktexlsr
--- /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr 2021-09-21
02:32:32.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive.modified/mktexlsr
2022-01-10 10:45:41.309887577 +0000
@@ -213,15 +213,15 @@
# inserts the leading ./ for directory names, and removes ., .., and
# version control entries from the list. Also omit contents of any
# the version directories; sed apparently requires that we do that
- # operation in a separate invocation. We do not try to support colons
- # in directory names.
+ # operation in a separate invocation. Also remove double empty
+ # lines. We do not try to support colons in directory names.
#
echo "./:" >>"$db_file_tmp"
vc_dirs='\.\(bzr\|git\|hg\|svn\)\|_darcs'
(cd "$TEXMFLS_R" && \ls -LRa 2>/dev/null) \
| sed -e '/^$/{n;s%^\./%%;s%^%./%;}; /^\.$/d; /^\.\.$/d; /^'$vc_dirs'$/d;' \
-e '/^[\.\/]*lsR[0-9]*\.tmp:*$/d' \
- | sed -e /$vc_dirs'.*:$/,/^$/d' \
+ | sed -e /$vc_dirs'.*:$/,/^$/d' | cat -s \
>>"$db_file_tmp"
# To be really safe, a loop.
diff -r -u /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr.pl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive.modified/mktexlsr.pl
--- /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr.pl 2021-09-21
02:32:32.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive.modified/mktexlsr.pl
2022-01-10 10:55:57.296887527 +0000
@@ -362,21 +362,20 @@
return 0;
}
open (LSR, ">$fn") || die "TeX::LSR writable but cannot open??; $!";
- print LSR "$lsrmagic\n\n";
- print LSR "./:\n"; # hardwired ./ for top-level files
+ print LSR "$lsrmagic\n";
+ print LSR "./:"; # hardwired ./ for top-level files
do_entry($self->{'tree'}, ".", $dosort);
close LSR;
return 1;
sub do_entry {
my ($t, $n, $sortit) = @_;
- print LSR "$n:\n";
+ print LSR "\n$n:\n";
my @sd;
for my $st ($sortit ? sort(keys %$t) : keys %$t) {
push (@sd, $st) if (ref($t->{$st}) eq 'HASH');
print LSR "$st\n";
}
- print LSR "\n";
for my $st ($sortit ? sort @sd : @sd) {
do_entry($t->{$st}, "$n/$st", $sortit);
}
diff -r -u /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive.modified/mktexlsr
--- /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr 2021-09-21
02:32:32.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive.modified/mktexlsr
2022-01-10 10:45:41.309887577 +0000
@@ -213,15 +213,15 @@
# inserts the leading ./ for directory names, and removes ., .., and
# version control entries from the list. Also omit contents of any
# the version directories; sed apparently requires that we do that
- # operation in a separate invocation. We do not try to support colons
- # in directory names.
+ # operation in a separate invocation. Also remove double empty
+ # lines. We do not try to support colons in directory names.
#
echo "./:" >>"$db_file_tmp"
vc_dirs='\.\(bzr\|git\|hg\|svn\)\|_darcs'
(cd "$TEXMFLS_R" && \ls -LRa 2>/dev/null) \
| sed -e '/^$/{n;s%^\./%%;s%^%./%;}; /^\.$/d; /^\.\.$/d; /^'$vc_dirs'$/d;' \
-e '/^[\.\/]*lsR[0-9]*\.tmp:*$/d' \
- | sed -e /$vc_dirs'.*:$/,/^$/d' \
+ | sed -e /$vc_dirs'.*:$/,/^$/d' | cat -s \
>>"$db_file_tmp"
# To be really safe, a loop.
diff -r -u /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr.pl
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive.modified/mktexlsr.pl
--- /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr.pl 2021-09-21
02:32:32.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive.modified/mktexlsr.pl
2022-01-10 11:06:49.803902045 +0000
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
my $opt_verbose = (-t STDIN); # test whether connected to a terminal
my $opt_version = 0;
my $opt_output;
-my $opt_sort = 0; # for debugging sort output
+my $opt_sort = 1; # deprecated, kept for backward compatibility
my $opt_follow = 1; # follow links - check whether they are dirs or not
(my $prg = basename($0)) =~ s/\.pl$//;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
$lsr = new TeX::LSR( root => $texmftree );
$lsr->loadtree();
$lsr->loadfile();
- $lsr->write( [filename => $fn, sort => $do_sort ] );
+ $lsr->write( filename => $fn );
$lsr->addfiles ( @files );
=head1 Methods
@@ -327,12 +327,10 @@
=pod
-=item C<< $lsr->write( [ filename => "$fn", sort => $val) >>
+=item C<< $lsr->write( filename => "$fn") >>
Writes out the C<ls-R> file, either to the default file name, or
-to C<$fn> if given. Entries within a directory are not sorted
-(not necessary), but sorting can be enforced by passing a true
-value to C<sort>.
+to C<$fn> if given.
Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure (and give warning).
@@ -342,9 +340,7 @@
my $self = shift;
my %params = @_;
my $fn;
- my $dosort = 0;
$fn = $params{'filename'} if $params{'filename'};
- $dosort = $params{'sort'};
if (!defined($self->{'root'})) {
warn "TeX::LSR: root undefined, cannot write.\n";
return 0;
@@ -362,23 +358,22 @@
return 0;
}
open (LSR, ">$fn") || die "TeX::LSR writable but cannot open??; $!";
- print LSR "$lsrmagic\n\n";
- print LSR "./:\n"; # hardwired ./ for top-level files
- do_entry($self->{'tree'}, ".", $dosort);
+ print LSR "$lsrmagic\n";
+ print LSR "./:"; # hardwired ./ for top-level files
+ do_entry($self->{'tree'}, ".");
close LSR;
return 1;
sub do_entry {
- my ($t, $n, $sortit) = @_;
- print LSR "$n:\n";
+ my ($t, $n) = @_;
+ print LSR "\n$n:\n";
my @sd;
- for my $st ($sortit ? sort(keys %$t) : keys %$t) {
+ for my $st (sort(keys %$t)) {
push (@sd, $st) if (ref($t->{$st}) eq 'HASH');
print LSR "$st\n";
}
- print LSR "\n";
- for my $st ($sortit ? sort @sd : @sd) {
- do_entry($t->{$st}, "$n/$st", $sortit);
+ for my $st (sort @sd) {
+ do_entry($t->{$st}, "$n/$st");
}
}
}
@@ -633,10 +628,10 @@
print "$prg: Dry run, not writing files.\n" if $opt_dryrun;
} elsif ($opt_output) {
#warn "writing to $opt_output\n";
- $lsr->write(filename => $opt_output, sort => $opt_sort);
+ $lsr->write(filename => $opt_output);
} else {
- #warn "writing with sort=$opt_sort\n";
- $lsr->write(sort => $opt_sort);
+ #warn "writing\n";
+ $lsr->write();
}
} else {
warn "$prg: cannot read files, skipping: $t\n";
