Use a consistant date in the generated man pages even if SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is not set.
* Makefile.am: Generate .timetamp in the tarball. * man/local.mk: Pass .timestamp if available to help2man. * man/dummy-man: Don't bother with the year in the stub. Reported in http://bugs.debian.org/806321 --- Makefile.am | 1 + man/dummy-man | 3 +-- man/local.mk | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index cc4fde7..d1004e1 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ BUILT_SOURCES = .version # See the rm_subst comment for details. dist-hook: gen-ChangeLog $(AM_V_GEN)echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.tarball-version + $(AM_V_GEN)date +%s > $(distdir)/.timestamp $(AM_V_at)perl -pi -e '$(rm_subst)' $(distdir)/Makefile.in gen_start_date = 2008-02-08 diff --git a/man/dummy-man b/man/dummy-man index bf31912..f05ce2a 100755 --- a/man/dummy-man +++ b/man/dummy-man @@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ inadequate on this system. Creating a stub man page instead. END progname=`basename_ "$1"` -year=`LC_ALL=C date +%Y` bs='\' cat >"$output" <<END -.TH "$progname" 1 "$year" "$source" "User Commands" +.TH "$progname" 1 "$source" "User Commands" .SH NAME $progname $bs- a $source program .SH DESCRIPTION diff --git a/man/local.mk b/man/local.mk index d111760..56eda6b 100644 --- a/man/local.mk +++ b/man/local.mk @@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ endif && $(MKDIR_P) $$t \ && (cd $$t && $(LN_S) '$(abs_top_builddir)/src/'$$prog$(EXEEXT) \ $$argv$(EXEEXT)) \ - && $(run_help2man) \ + && : $${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=`cat $(srcdir)/.timestamp 2>/dev/null || :`} \ + && export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH && $(run_help2man) \ --source='$(PACKAGE_STRING)' \ --include=$(srcdir)/man/$$name.x \ --output=$$t/$$name.1 \ -- 2.5.0
