I submitted a bug against pseudopackage ftp.debian.org but it seems it got lost somehow.
On Saturday, 7 January 2017, Joerg Jaspert <jo...@debian.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jo...@debian.org');>> wrote: > On 14536 March 1977, Oren Tirosh wrote: > > The timestamp stored in the gzip file header results in a > non-deterministic > > output even when the input is identical. Many files (e.g. under indices/) > > [...] > > > The quick fix is to add "--no-name" to the gzip command (or GZIP=-n to > the > > environment). A better fix would be to generate a temporary file, compare > > it to the current file and replace the file only if not identical. This > > will preserve the timestamp of the original file and should help some > > mirroring protocols. > > I implemented the quick-fix now in dak, simple and quick fixes rock. > Next dinstall run will either break or should have this nicety, lets > see. > > Thanks for the report! > > -- > bye, Joerg >
