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and subject line Bug#920127: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #782208,
regarding colortest-python: please make the build reproducible
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Source: colortest-python
Version: 2.2-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: timestamps
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Hi!

While working on Debian's “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have
noticed that colortest-python doesn't build reproducibly.
It embeds the current date into the manpage.

The attached patch fixes this by using the last changelog date
as a timestamp that will be embedded.

Regards,
 Reiner

[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds




diff --git a/debian/pod2man.mk b/debian/pod2man.mk
index 450fa9a..e8c7d36 100644
--- a/debian/pod2man.mk
+++ b/debian/pod2man.mk
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ endif
 PACKAGE		?= package
 
 # Optional variables to set
+BUILD_DATE	?= $$(dpkg-parsechangelog -S Date -lchangelog)
 MANSECT		?= 1
 PODCENTER 	?= User Commands
-PODDATE		?= $$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
+PODDATE		?= $$(date -u "+%Y-%m-%d" -d "$(BUILD_DATE)")
 
 # Directories
 MANSRC		?=

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Dear submitter,

as the package colortest-python has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/920127

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.

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