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commit 44be997c54e737f06a516b99af1ed41f583d64c3 Author: Chris Lamb <[email protected]> Date: Sat Jul 15 19:58:53 2017 +0100 Expand the rationale for the latest-debian-changelog-entry-without-new-date tag to mention possible implications for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH/reproducible builds. --- checks/changelog-file.desc | 4 ++++ debian/changelog | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/checks/changelog-file.desc b/checks/changelog-file.desc index 73a0e93..7eb17f3 100644 --- a/checks/changelog-file.desc +++ b/checks/changelog-file.desc @@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ Severity: normal Certainty: certain Info: The latest Debian changelog entry has either the same or even an older date as the entry before. + . + This can result in subtle bugs due to the <tt>SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH</tt> + environment variable being the same between the older and newer + versions. Tag: latest-debian-changelog-entry-without-new-version Severity: normal diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index cc52719..1a24833 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ lintian (2.5.52) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + [NT] New check by Petter Reinholdtsen. * checks/changelog-file.desc: + [AB] Fix typo "%gt;" vs ">". + + [CL] Expand the rationale for the + latest-debian-changelog-entry-without-new-date tag to mention + possible implications for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH/reproducible builds. * checks/control-file.pm: + [NT] Remove check for missing versioned build-depends for dpkg and debhlper when using Build-Profiles. The necessary versions -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git

