Package: docbook-to-man
Version: 1:2.0.0-32
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: timestamps

Hi!

While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
that packages that use docbook-to-man cannot be built reproducibly as
they append the timestamp to the ends of the generated manpages.

The attached patch removes these extra timestamps.

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


Regards,

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diff --git a/Transpec/docbook-to-man.ts b/Transpec/docbook-to-man.ts
index ecc17f0..2a91906 100644
--- a/Transpec/docbook-to-man.ts
+++ b/Transpec/docbook-to-man.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ GI:           REFENTRY
 StartText:     ^'\\" t^${_action 1001}
                ^.TH "${_followrel descendant REFENTRYTITLE 1000}"
                "${_followrel descendant MANVOLNUM 1000}"^
-EndText:       ^...\\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, ${date}^
+EndText:       ^...\\" created by instant / docbook-to-man^
 -
 #
 GI:            DOCINFO

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