Control: reassign -1 texlive-binaries Reassign to package carrying the xetex binary.
Hilmar 05.09.2026 12:33:22 Jerome BENOIT <[email protected]>: > Package: texlive-xetex > Version: 2026.20260711-2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > it appears that xelatex composes PDF files with a Creator field > containing the date at composing time (without taking into account > SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH). We can reproduce the issue as follows: > > $ SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=0 xelatex sample2e > $ TZ=UTC pdfinfo sample2e.pdf | grep Creat > > In an uptodate Debian/Sid schroot environment, the last command outputs: > > Creator: XeTeX output 2026.09.05:1027 > CreationDate: Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 UTC > > hth, > Jerome > > > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > * What was the outcome of this action? > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > *** End of the template - remove these template lines *** > > > -- Package-specific info: > IMPORTANT INFORMATION: We will only consider bug reports concerning > the packaging of TeX Live as relevant. If you have problems with > combination of packages in a LaTeX document, please consult your > local TeX User Group, the comp.text.tex user group, the author of > the original .sty file, or any other help resource. > > In particular, bugs that are related to up-upstream, i.e., neither > Debian nor TeX Live (upstream), but the original package authors, > will be closed immediately. > > *** The Debian TeX Team is *not* a LaTeX Help Desk *** > > If you report an error when running one of the TeX-related binaries > (latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong > output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces the > error in your report. > > Please run your example with > (pdf)latex -recorder ... > (or any other program that supports -recorder) and send us the generated > file with the extension .fls, it lists all the files loaded during > the run and can easily explain problems induced by outdated files in > your home directory. > > Don't forget to also include minimal examples of other files that are > needed, e.g. bibtex databases. Often it also helps > to include the logfile. Please, never send included pictures! > > If your example file isn't short or produces more than one page of > output (except when multiple pages are needed to show the problem), > you can probably minimize it further. Instructions on how to do that > can be found at > > http://www.minimalbeispiel.de/mini-en.html (english) > > or > > http://www.minimalbeispiel.de/mini.html (german) > > ################################## > minimal input file > > > ################################## > other files > > ###################################### > List of ls-R files > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jul 19 17:54 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> > /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST > ###################################### > Config files > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 Sep 3 16:47 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jul 19 17:54 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf -> > /var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 19 17:54 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> > /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2774 Sep 3 16:47 > /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat > ###################################### > Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/ > total 8 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Apr 1 2019 mktex.cnf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 Sep 3 16:47 texmf.cnf > ###################################### > md5sums of texmf.d > ca40c66f144b4bafc3e59a2dd32ecb9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/00debian.cnf > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: forky/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.12.94+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: unable to detect > > Versions of packages texlive-xetex depends on: > ii teckit 2.5.13+ds-2 > ii tex-common 6.20 > ii texlive-base 2026.20260711-2 > ii texlive-binaries 2026.20260303.78225+ds-5 > ii texlive-latex-base 2026.20260711-2 > ii texlive-latex-extra 2026.20260711-2 > ii tipa 2:1.3-21 > > Versions of packages texlive-xetex recommends: > pn lmodern <none> > > texlive-xetex suggests no packages. > > Versions of packages tex-common depends on: > ii bzip2 1.0.8-6+b2 > ii ucf 3.0056 > > Versions of packages tex-common suggests: > ii debhelper 14.3 > > Versions of packages texlive-xetex is related to: > ii tex-common 6.20 > ii texlive-binaries 2026.20260303.78225+ds-5 > > -- no debconf information
