Source: armada-backlight
Version: 1.1-8
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps
X-Debbugs-CC: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Hi!
While working on Debian's “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have
noticed that armada-backlight doesn't build reproducibly.
The build date is embedded into the manpage.
The attached patch fixes this by using the date from the latest
changelog entry.
Regards,
Reiner
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
diff --git a/debian/pod2man.mk b/debian/pod2man.mk
index d639c59..65df237 100644
--- a/debian/pod2man.mk
+++ b/debian/pod2man.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RELEASE ?= $(PACKAGE)
# Optional variables to set
MANSECT ?= 1
-PODCENTER ?= $$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+PODCENTER ?= $$(dpkg-parsechangelog -S Date -l changelog | date -u +%Y-%m-%d -f -)
# Directories
MANSRC =
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
