Source: gzip
Version: 1.6-4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
Hi!
While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
that gzip could not be built reproducibly.
The attached patch removes a timestamp from the documentation. Once
applied, gzip can be built reproducibly in our current experimental
framework.
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
Regards,
Valentin
--- gzip-1.6.old/doc/gzip.texi 2015-07-29 17:51:14.503268845 +0000
+++ gzip-1.6/doc/gzip.texi 2015-07-29 18:57:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
@setchapternewpage odd
@c %**end of header
@copying
-This manual is for GNU Gzip
-(version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}),
+This manual is for GNU Gzip (version @value{VERSION}),
and documents commands for compressing and decompressing data.
Copyright @copyright{} 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2013 Free Software
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