Bug#1108532: python-django-import-export: please make the build reproducible

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On 2026-05-29, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> On 2025-06-30, Chris Lamb wrote:
>> Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed that
>> python-django-import-export could not be built reproducibly.
>>
>> This is because the testsuite generates files with nondetermistic
>> filenames under a django-import-export directory, which then gets
>> installed to under dist-packages in the binary package.
> ...
>> --- a/debian/rules   2025-06-30 10:15:46.318712173 -0700
>> --- b/debian/rules   2025-06-30 10:19:10.660680730 -0700
>> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>>  export PYBUILD_NAME=django-import-export
>>  export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM)
>>  export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tests.settings
>> +export PYBUILD_AFTER_TEST=rm -rfv {build_dir}/django-import-export/*
>>  
>>  %:
>>      dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
>
> This is still an issue, according to both reproduce.debian.net:
>
>   
> https://reproduce.debian.net/excuses.html?source_name=python-django-import-export
>
> and tests.reproducible-builds.org:
>
>   
> https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/diffoscope-results/python-django-import-export.html
>
> Was able to confirm that the patch still fixes the issue.
>
> I would like to perform an NMU applying this in next couple weeks,
> please let me know if there are any outstanding concerns.

I have uploaded an NMU to DELAYED/10 with the following changes:

diff -Nru python-django-import-export-4.3.5/debian/changelog 
python-django-import-export-4.3.5/debian/changelog
--- python-django-import-export-4.3.5/debian/changelog  2025-06-27 
19:08:00.000000000 -0700
+++ python-django-import-export-4.3.5/debian/changelog  2026-07-15 
15:25:02.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+python-django-import-export (4.3.5-2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+
+  [ Chris Lamb ]
+  * Delete files after running test suite for reproducible build.
+    (Closes: #1108532)
+
+ -- Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@reproducible-builds.org>  Wed, 15 Jul 2026 
15:25:02 -0700
+
 python-django-import-export (4.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/rules: provide correct PYBUILD_NAME
diff -Nru python-django-import-export-4.3.5/debian/rules 
python-django-import-export-4.3.5/debian/rules
--- python-django-import-export-4.3.5/debian/rules      2025-06-27 
19:08:00.000000000 -0700
+++ python-django-import-export-4.3.5/debian/rules      2026-07-15 
15:25:02.000000000 -0700
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 export PYBUILD_NAME=django-import-export
 export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM)
 export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tests.settings
+export PYBUILD_AFTER_TEST=rm -rfv {build_dir}/django-import-export/*
 
 %:
        dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild


live well,
  vagrant

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