Nice quick response! Ok, I took the liberty of uploading to DELAYED/1, debdiff attached, and will prepare a merge request to hopefully simplfy the process of getting it into VCS. :)
live well, vagrant
diff -Nru moltemplate-2.22.5/debian/changelog moltemplate-2.22.5/debian/changelog --- moltemplate-2.22.5/debian/changelog 2026-02-25 01:18:14.000000000 -0800 +++ moltemplate-2.22.5/debian/changelog 2026-09-22 14:36:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +moltemplate (2.22.5-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + + [ Chris Lamb ] + * debian/rules: Set FORCE_SOURCE_DATE to ensure reproducible + documentation. (Fixes: #1131168) + + -- Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:36:47 -0700 + moltemplate (2.22.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream release diff -Nru moltemplate-2.22.5/debian/rules moltemplate-2.22.5/debian/rules --- moltemplate-2.22.5/debian/rules 2026-02-25 01:18:14.000000000 -0800 +++ moltemplate-2.22.5/debian/rules 2026-09-22 14:36:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ #export DH_VERBOSE = 1 export PYBUILD_NAME=moltemplate +export FORCE_SOURCE_DATE=1 %: dh $@ --buildsystem=pybuild
On 2026-09-22, Drew Parsons wrote: > No problem. Thanks for attending to it. > > Drew > > On 2026-09-22 23:00, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: >> On 2026-03-18, Chris Lamb wrote: >>> Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed that >>> moltemplate could not be built reproducibly. >>> >>> This is because the LaTeX-based documentation includes the current >>> build date. This can be specified to use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH through the >>> LaTeX-specific FORCE_SOURCE_DATE environment variable. >> >> I can confirm this issue is still present and the patch still applies. >> >> I would like to perform a Non-Maintainer Upload (NMU) to apply this >> patch and fix the issue sometime in the coming weeks. >> >> Please let me know fi there are outstanding concerns. >> >> live well, >> vagrant >> >>> --- a/debian/rules 2026-03-18 07:05:59.841561850 -0700 >>> --- b/debian/rules 2026-03-18 07:12:29.965598585 -0700 >>> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ >>> #export DH_VERBOSE = 1 >>> >>> export PYBUILD_NAME=moltemplate >>> +export FORCE_SOURCE_DATE=1 >>> >>> %: >>> dh $@ --buildsystem=pybuild
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