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and subject line Bug#1130178: fixed in gfan 0.7-4
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Source: gfan
Version: 0.7-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: nocheck
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi,
Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed that
gfan could not be built reproducibly.
This is because the testsuite generated a series of "outputNew" files
which were shipped in the binary package. This meant that if the tests
were skipped (eg. via "nocheck") then the package would have different
contents, even if the contents of these outputNew files was
consistent across test runs.
In addition, I spotted that the call to date(1) was missing the -u
(UTC) parameter, so the package could generate a different manpage if
it was built on the first or last day of the month depending on the
build timezone.
Patch for both issues attached.
[0] https://reproducible-builds.org/
Regards,
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--- a/debian/rules 2026-03-09 11:28:07.222629895 -0700
--- b/debian/rules 2026-03-09 11:32:59.797025943 -0700
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
dh_link $(GFAN_LINKS)
override_dh_install:
- dh_install -X~
+ dh_install -X~ -X/outputNew
override_dh_installchangelogs:
html2text homepage/gfan.html | \
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
# for DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM
include /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk
-DATE := $(shell LC_ALL=C date +'%B %Y' -d @$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH))
+DATE := $(shell LC_ALL=C date -u +'%B %Y' -d @$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH))
debian/gfan.1: debian/gfan.1.in
sed -e "s/@DATE@/$(DATE)/" \
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: gfan
Source-Version: 0.7-4
Done: Doug Torrance <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gfan, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Doug Torrance <[email protected]> (supplier of updated gfan package)
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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:56:06 -0400
Source: gfan
Built-For-Profiles: noudeb
Architecture: source
Version: 0.7-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Math Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Doug Torrance <[email protected]>
Closes: 1130178
Changes:
gfan (0.7-4) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* debian/control
- Drop Priority field; "optional" is now the default.
- Drop redundant Rules-Requires-Root field.
- Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.3.
* debian/copyright
- Update my copyright years.
- Replace out-of-date physical address for Free Software Foundation in
GPL-2 text with the URL for their website.
* debian/rules
- Fix two reproducibility issues (Closes: #1130178). Thanks to Chris
Lamb <[email protected]> for the patches!
+ Don't install outputNew files; they aren't generated when built
with "nocheck" option.
+ Pass -u to "date" for generating manpage for consistent date
regardless of time zone.
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