Hello, the CI testbuilds currently use LC_ALL="fr_CH.UTF-8" in addition to LANG="fr_CH.UTF-8".
This /feels/ wrong to me: Given this problem Package build is not reproducible since the output depends on the sort order which is locale dependent the natural solution according to locale-101 is to override LC_COLLATE for this command whose purpose is to influence the sort order. If I do this the package will still be marked as unreproducible because CI uses the big LC_ALL sledge-hammer, overriding the (imho) correct fix. To get a CI-reproducible package I would need to either unexport LC_ALL or override it to LC_ALL=C. I am wondering about rationale for this. The only thing I can up with is a package with an exotic locale like env LC_COLLATE=ca_AD.UTF-8 sort hidden somewhere in the build-system. Which will be reproducible everywhere, except on systems where this locale is a valid one. However that is horribly weak argument since it does not help against env LC_ALL=ca_AD.UTF-8 sort If we are aiming for locale agnostic builds we seem to take a unnecessary work intensive approach by adding export LC_ALL=C to dozens (hundreds?) of debian/rules or changing -sort +env LC_ALL= sort instead of simply patching dpkg-buildpackage. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' _______________________________________________ Reproducible-builds mailing list Reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reproducible-builds
