> So everything may be fine. If that's the case, sorry for the noise. (Then it > would be nice to add a comment explaining this, for future readers.)
No, I think you are right: If SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is not set, then this is not going to work. I have tested the patch, but apparently only in an environment where SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH gets set before the build starts. [1] says that setting and exporting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH in debian/rules is "a last resort to be avoided where possible", but I guess that if we export with ?=, it should be fine. Thanks for pointing this out! -- Fabian [1] https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsProposal#Setting_the_variable _______________________________________________ Reproducible-builds mailing list Reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reproducible-builds