Source: dict-moby-thesaurus
Version: 1.0-6.2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi,
While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
that dict-moby-thesaurus could not be built reproducibly.
The attached patch removes timestamps from the build system. Once
applied, dict-moby-thesaurus can be built reproducibly in our current
experimental
framework.
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
Regards,
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diff -urNad dict-moby-thesaurus.orig/dict-moby-thesaurus-1.0/debian/rules
dict-moby-thesaurus/dict-moby-thesaurus-1.0/debian/rules
--- dict-moby-thesaurus.orig/dict-moby-thesaurus-1.0/debian/rules
2015-01-27 12:09:08.070699663 +0000
+++ dict-moby-thesaurus/dict-moby-thesaurus-1.0/debian/rules 2015-01-27
12:10:17.097743701 +0000
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
INSTALL_PROGRAM += -s
endif
+BUILD_DATE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Date)
+
configure: configure-stamp
configure-stamp:
dh_testdir
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@
# Add here commands to compile the package.
$(PYTHON) conv.py < mthesaur.txt
+ # Ensure deterministic mtime for dictzip to inherit
+ touch --date='$(BUILD_DATE)' moby-thesaurus.dict
dictzip moby-thesaurus.dict
touch build-stamp
