On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 14:03:44 +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> > +# Set man page timestamp to last package change time. > > +BUILD_DATE = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -S Date) > > +POD_MAN_DATE = $(shell date -u +"%Y-%m-%d" --date="$(BUILD_DATE)") > > +export POD_MAN_DATE > But isn't this something which should be done doing once and properly > in the build system (e.g. in dh_auto_build), like setting all the file > time stamps to that date? Right, that was my idea as well. Adding boilerplate to thousands of packages is neither technically appealing nor manageable. I vaguely remember reading something about POD_MAN_DATE recently (debian-perl@ldo? some perl bug report?), maybe someone else remembers ... But yes, debhelper would be an obvious place to do this. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - https://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: The Who: Join Together
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