Source: nfstest Version: 3.2-4 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch User: [email protected] Usertags: timestamps X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi, Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed that nfstest could not be built reproducibly. This is because the dates in the manual page are generated from the current build date. A patch is attached that generates them from the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable (if it is present). [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/ Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` [email protected] / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
--- a/debian/patches/reproducible-build 1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800 --- b/debian/patches/reproducible-build 2026-06-01 09:45:31.387404827 -0700 @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Description: Make the build reproducible +Author: Chris Lamb <[email protected]> +Last-Update: 2026-06-01 + +--- nfstest-3.2.orig/tools/create_manpage.py ++++ nfstest-3.2/tools/create_manpage.py +@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ def create_manpage(src, dst): + progname = os.path.splitext(usage.split()[0])[0] + + pname = progname.split('.')[-1] +- datestr = time.strftime("%e %B %Y") ++ datestr = time.strftime("%e %B %Y", time.gmtime(int(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH', time.time())))) + + # Open man page to create + fd = open(manpage, 'w') --- a/debian/patches/series 2026-06-01 09:30:33.539603968 -0700 --- b/debian/patches/series 2026-06-01 09:45:30.666786554 -0700 @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ pyw morepyfi +reproducible-build
