Source: dict-gazetteer2k
Version: 1.0.0-5.2
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-gazetteer2k could not be built reproducibly.
The attached patch removes timestamps from the build system. Once
applied, dict-gazetteer2k can be built reproducibly in our current
experimental
framework.
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
Regards,
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diff -urNad dict-gazetteer2k.orig/dict-gazetteer2k-1.0.0/debian/rules
dict-gazetteer2k/dict-gazetteer2k-1.0.0/debian/rules
--- dict-gazetteer2k.orig/dict-gazetteer2k-1.0.0/debian/rules 2015-01-27
12:15:09.178630836 +0000
+++ dict-gazetteer2k/dict-gazetteer2k-1.0.0/debian/rules 2015-01-27
12:19:20.241716434 +0000
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
PYTHON=python
BASENAMES=places counties zips
+BUILD_DATE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Date)
ifneq (,$(findstring debug,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
CFLAGS += -g
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
$(PYTHON) zipswriter.py
$(PYTHON) placeswriter.py
$(PYTHON) countieswriter.py
+ # Ensure deterministic mtime for dictzip to inherit
+ touch --date='$(BUILD_DATE)' *.dict
dictzip *.dict
touch build-stamp
