Your message dated Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:04:49 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1125243: fixed in libtasn1-6 4.21.0-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1125243,
regarding libtasn1-6: FTBFS due to new touch-magic
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Package: libtasn1-6
Version: 4.21.0-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs
Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Control: forwarded -1
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/libtasn1/-/issues?show=eyJpaWQiOiI1NyIsImZ1bGxfcGF0aCI6ImdudXRscy9saWJ0YXNuMSIsImlkIjoxODAzODk4ODl9
This is already forwarded upstream, copy follows
Hello, 4.2.21 fails to build on make check after autoreconf if texinfo is not
installed:
WARNING: 'makeinfo' is missing on your system.
You should only need it if you modified a '.texi' file, or
any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.
You might want to install the Texinfo package:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
The spurious makeinfo call might also be the consequence of
using a buggy 'make' (AIX, DU, IRIX), in which case you might
want to install GNU make:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/make/>
make[3]: *** [Makefile:1765: libtasn1.info] Error 127
I think this is the reason why, libtasn1.texi mtime is set to 0 by ./configure.
(sid)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/TASN/libtasn1$ ls -l doc/libtasn1.texi ; head
doc/version.texi ; autoreconf ; ls -l doc/libtasn1.texi ; head
doc/version.texi ; ./configure > /dev/null 2>&1 ; ls -l doc/libtasn1.texi ;
head doc/version.texi
-rw-r--r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 10949 Jan 8 12:19 doc/libtasn1.texi
@set UPDATED 8 January 2026
@set UPDATED-MONTH January 2026
@set EDITION 4.21.0
@set VERSION 4.21.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 10949 Jan 8 12:19 doc/libtasn1.texi
@set UPDATED 8 January 2026
@set UPDATED-MONTH January 2026
@set EDITION 4.21.0
@set VERSION 4.21.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 10949 Jan 1 1970 doc/libtasn1.texi
@set UPDATED 8 January 2026
@set UPDATED-MONTH January 2026
@set EDITION 4.21.0
@set VERSION 4.21.0
At build time this code in doc/Makefile is triggered because the mtime recorded
in version.texi does not match the relal mtime of libtasn1.texi:
$(srcdir)/version.texi: $(srcdir)/stamp-vti
$(srcdir)/stamp-vti: libtasn1.texi $(top_srcdir)/configure
@(dir=.; test -f ./libtasn1.texi || dir=$(srcdir); \
set `$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/mdate-sh $$dir/libtasn1.texi`; \
echo "@set UPDATED $$1 $$2 $$3"; \
echo "@set UPDATED-MONTH $$2 $$3"; \
echo "@set EDITION $(VERSION)"; \
echo "@set VERSION $(VERSION)") > vti.tmp$$$$ && \
(cmp -s vti.tmp$$$$ $(srcdir)/version.texi \
|| (echo "Updating $(srcdir)/version.texi" && \
cp vti.tmp$$$$ $(srcdir)/version.texi.tmp$$$$ && \
mv $(srcdir)/version.texi.tmp$$$$ $(srcdir)/version.texi)) && \
rm -f vti.tmp$$$$ $(srcdir)/version.texi.$$$$
@cp $(srcdir)/version.texi $@
Now version.texi is newer than libtasn1.info and the latter is out of date and
make thinks it needs to be rebuilt.
The code for settig the wrong time-stamp is in configure.ac
st_help2man=0
st_touch=197001010000.00
AC_MSG_CHECKING([for timestamps of last git commit])
if test -e "$srcdir"/.git && command -v git > /dev/null; then
if tmp=$(git log -1 --format=%cd --date=unix); then
st_help2man="$tmp"
fi
if tmp=$(env TZ=UTC0 git log -1 --format=%cd
--date=format-local:%Y%m%d%H%M.%S); then
st_touch="$tmp"
fi
fi
AC_SUBST(SOURCETIME_HELP2MAN, "${SOURCETIME_HELP2MAN:-$st_help2man}")
AC_MSG_RESULT(help2man $SOURCETIME_HELP2MAN touch $st_touch)
env TZ=UTC0 \
touch -m -t "$st_touch" \
"$srcdir"/NEWS.md "$srcdir"/doc/$PACKAGE.texi
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: libtasn1-6
Source-Version: 4.21.0-2
Done: Andreas Metzler <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libtasn1-6, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Metzler <[email protected]> (supplier of updated libtasn1-6 package)
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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:45:32 +0100
Source: libtasn1-6
Architecture: source
Version: 4.21.0-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian GnuTLS Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Andreas Metzler <[email protected]>
Closes: 1125243
Changes:
libtasn1-6 (4.21.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
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* Add workaround for #1125243 (touch magic). Closes: #1125243
* Add bugfix from upstream GIT.
* Upload to unstable.
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