Source: getdns Version: 0.1.5-1 Severity: wishlist User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: timestamps
Hi! While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], I have noticed that getdns could not be built reproducibly. The file /usr/include/getdns/getdns.h includes the define GETDNS_COMPILATION_COMMENT which contains a timestamp which is generated at build time. This makes getdns not build reproducibly. I see three ways to solve this problem: 1. The define could simply be removed from getdns.h as it might not used by anybody. According to codesearch.d.n it is not used by any other package in Debian. 2. The $CURRENT_DATE could be removed from the string in configure.ac, hoping that nobody tries to parse GETDNS_COMPILATION_COMMENT. 3. The $CURRENT_DATE variable in configure.ac could be filled by the fixed time stamp from the most recent entry in d/changelog. If you can advice which method you would prefer, then I can prepare a patch. Thanks! Cheers, akira [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds _______________________________________________ Reproducible-builds mailing list Reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reproducible-builds
