The hdtbl examples don't need good randomness, as they're only
example output; removing the process ID from consideration allows
better integration with reproducible builds.
* contrib/hdtbl/examples/common.roff (random-s1): Remove process ID.
---
ChangeLog | 10 ++++++++++
contrib/hdtbl/examples/common.roff | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 25b6629..af6de40 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2018-03-05 Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org>
+
+ Remove unnecessary randomness from example output.
+
+ The hdtbl examples don't need good randomness, as they're only
+ example output; removing the process ID from consideration allows
+ better integration with reproducible builds.
+
+ * contrib/hdtbl/examples/common.roff (random-s1): Remove process ID.
+
2018-03-02 Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org>
Hyphenation exceptions in pattern files now obey `.hy' (#53196).
diff --git a/contrib/hdtbl/examples/common.roff
b/contrib/hdtbl/examples/common.roff
index e112be8..7357918 100644
--- a/contrib/hdtbl/examples/common.roff
+++ b/contrib/hdtbl/examples/common.roff
@@ -234,7 +234,11 @@ along with this program. If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
.af mo 00
.af dy 00
.
-.ds random-s1 \n[minutes]\n[seconds]\n[$$]\n[hours]\"
+.\" Since this just generates example output, we don't need good randomness;
+.\" basing this purely on the time and not on the process ID allows better
+.\" integration with reproducible builds.
+.\" .ds random-s1 \n[minutes]\n[seconds]\n[$$]\n[hours]\"
+.ds random-s1 \n[minutes]\n[seconds]\n[hours]\"
.\" prevent overflow
.substring random-s1 0 8
.
--
2.7.4
