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and subject line Bug#1140567: fixed in libecoli 0.11.8-1
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: libecoli
Version: 0.11.6-1
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
libecoli could not be built reproducibly.
This is because the generated manual pages contain the current time.
I've attached a patch that will use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH instead, falling
back to the current time if this environment variable is not available.
This patch is suitable for forwarding upstream.
(I also included a patch that will ensure the package is reproducible
regardless of the build directory, although this is strictly optional
as we are not doing build dir variation testing at the moment.)
[0] https://reproducible-builds.org/
Regards,
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--- a/debian/patches/reproducible-build.patch 1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000
-0800
--- b/debian/patches/reproducible-build.patch 2026-06-22 12:50:31.681359678
-0700
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Description: Make the build reproducible
+Author: Chris Lamb <[email protected]>
+Last-Update: 2026-06-22
+
+--- libecoli-0.11.6.orig/doc/Doxyfile.in
++++ libecoli-0.11.6/doc/Doxyfile.in
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ GENERATE_DEPRECATEDLIST = YES
+ INTERNAL_DOCS = NO
+ VERBATIM_HEADERS = NO
+ ALPHABETICAL_INDEX = NO
+-FULL_PATH_NAMES = YES
++FULL_PATH_NAMES = NO
+ STRIP_FROM_PATH = @TOPDIR@/include
+ STRIP_FROM_INC_PATH = @TOPDIR@/include
+ WARN_AS_ERROR = NO
--- a/debian/patches/reproducible-manpages.patch 1969-12-31
16:00:00.000000000 -0800
--- b/debian/patches/reproducible-manpages.patch 2026-06-22
13:03:02.331508693 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Description: Make the build reproducible
+Author: Chris Lamb <[email protected]>
+Last-Update: 2026-06-22
+
+--- libecoli-0.11.6.orig/doc/gen-man-pages.sh
++++ libecoli-0.11.6/doc/gen-man-pages.sh
+@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ include_dir="$2"
+ output_dir="$3"
+ stamp="$4"
+
++SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}"
++date_fmt="+%Y-%m-%d"
++build_date=$(date -u -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "$date_fmt" 2>/dev/null || date
-u -r "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "$date_fmt" 2>/dev/null || date -u "$date_fmt")
++
+ if [ -z "$xml_dir" ] || [ -z "$include_dir" ] || \
+ [ -z "$output_dir" ] || [ -z "$stamp" ]; then
+ echo "usage: $0 <xml-dir> <include-dir> <output-dir> <stamp-file>" >&2
+@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ for xml in $groups; do
+ -H "Libecoli Programmer's Manual" \
+ -C "Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry" \
+ -S "2010" \
++ -D "$build_date" \
+ -d "$xml_dir" \
+ -o "$output_dir" \
+ "$xml" || [ "$?" -gt 128 ]
--- a/debian/patches/series 1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
--- b/debian/patches/series 2026-06-22 13:03:01.500017021 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+reproducible-build.patch
+reproducible-manpages.patch
--- a/doc/Doxyfile.in 2026-06-22 12:40:03.723815462 -0700
--- b/doc/Doxyfile.in 2026-06-22 13:02:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
INTERNAL_DOCS = NO
VERBATIM_HEADERS = NO
ALPHABETICAL_INDEX = NO
-FULL_PATH_NAMES = YES
+FULL_PATH_NAMES = NO
STRIP_FROM_PATH = @TOPDIR@/include
STRIP_FROM_INC_PATH = @TOPDIR@/include
WARN_AS_ERROR = NO
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: libecoli
Source-Version: 0.11.8-1
Done: Robin Jarry <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libecoli, 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.
Robin Jarry <[email protected]> (supplier of updated libecoli package)
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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:55:59 +0000
Source: libecoli
Architecture: source
Version: 0.11.8-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Robin Jarry <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Robin Jarry <[email protected]>
Closes: 1140567
Changes:
libecoli (0.11.8-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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* New upstream release. (Closes: #1140567)
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