Package: m4 Severity: normal Tags: patch User: [email protected] Usertags: timestamps X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
The .html documentation generated for the m4-doc package includes the date in the comments, and the .info pages generated for the m4 package also include the date of the build. Attached is a patch which removes the date from the generated documentation and info files. Thanks for maintaining m4! live well, vagrant
From d08756df93f65d0cdcdf21f110522268dbf2a5db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 03:40:52 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Patch to remove date from makeinfo generated documentation, enabling reproducible builds regardless of build date. --- ...date-from-m4-texinfo-file-to-ensure-.patch | 26 +++++++++++++++++++ debian/patches/series | 1 + 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/patches/03-Patch-to-remove-date-from-m4-texinfo-file-to-ensure-.patch diff --git a/debian/patches/03-Patch-to-remove-date-from-m4-texinfo-file-to-ensure-.patch b/debian/patches/03-Patch-to-remove-date-from-m4-texinfo-file-to-ensure-.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ecf6f8d --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/patches/03-Patch-to-remove-date-from-m4-texinfo-file-to-ensure-.patch @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +From 8650983dc04ddc719897293bc174962e8537dff1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]> +Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 03:14:26 -0800 +Subject: [PATCH] Patch to remove date from m4 texinfo file to ensure + reproducible builds regardless of when it is built. + +--- + doc/m4.texi | 2 +- + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) + +diff --git a/doc/m4.texi b/doc/m4.texi +index aa95e9f..a1a2c88 100644 +--- a/doc/m4.texi ++++ b/doc/m4.texi +@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ + + @copying + +-This manual (@value{UPDATED}) is for GNU M4 (version ++This manual is for GNU M4 (version + @value{VERSION}), a package containing an implementation of the m4 macro + language. + +-- +2.20.1 + diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series index fa320f5..903352e 100644 --- a/debian/patches/series +++ b/debian/patches/series @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ 01-fix-ftbfs-with-glibc-2.28.patch 02-documentencoding.patch +03-Patch-to-remove-date-from-m4-texinfo-file-to-ensure-.patch -- 2.20.1
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