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and subject line Bug#1101741: fixed in isync 1.5.1-2
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regarding isync: please make the build reproducible
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Source: isync
Version: 1.5.1-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi,
Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed that
isync could not be built reproducibly.
This is because the manual pages included the current date:
├── ./usr/share/man/man1/mbsync.1.gz
│ │ @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
│ │ .\" mbsync - mailbox synchronizer
│ │ .
│ │ -.TH mbsync 1 2025-03-13 "isync 1.5.1" "User Commands"
│ │ +.TH mbsync 1 2026-04-15 "isync 1.5.1" "User Commands"
│ │ .
│ │ .SH NAME
Patch attached that sources this value from SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
[0] https://reproducible-builds.org/
Regards,
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--- a/debian/patches/reproducible-build.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000
+0100
--- b/debian/patches/reproducible-build.patch 2025-03-31 11:14:22.256947078
+0100
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Description: Make the build reproducible
+Author: Chris Lamb <[email protected]>
+Last-Update: 2025-03-31
+
+--- isync-1.5.1.orig/configure.ac
++++ isync-1.5.1/configure.ac
+@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ if test "x$have_macos_keychain" != xno;
+ AC_SUBST(KEYCHAIN_LIBS,
["-Wl,-framework,Security,-framework,CoreFoundation"])
+ fi
+
+-RELEASE_DATE=`date -r $0 +%F`
++RELEASE_DATE=m4_esyscmd([date --utc --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date
+%s)}" +%Y-%m-%d])
+ AC_SUBST(RELEASE_DATE)
+
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile src/mbsync.1 src/mdconvert.1
isync.spec])
--- a/debian/patches/series 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
--- b/debian/patches/series 2025-03-31 11:14:19.800927193 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+reproducible-build.patch
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: isync
Source-Version: 1.5.1-2
Done: Pierre-Elliott Bécue <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
isync, 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.
Pierre-Elliott Bécue <[email protected]> (supplier of updated isync package)
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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:35:10 +0100
Source: isync
Architecture: source
Version: 1.5.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Pierre-Elliott Bécue <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Pierre-Elliott Bécue <[email protected]>
Closes: 1101741
Changes:
isync (1.5.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Oswald Buddenhagen ]
* d/p/0001: Change reference file for man page date stamps (Closes:
#1101741)
.
[ Pierre-Elliott Bécue ]
* d/control:
- Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.3
* d/copyright refreshed
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