On 2020-12-03, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> From a88dfde16b4aac231342bbdd07ec25180dded8f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@reproducible-builds.org>
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 08:09:10 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH] debian/rules: Pass MVPROG=/bin/mv to configure to ensure
>  reproducible build.
>
> When built on a system with usrmerge enabled, and a system without
> usrmerge enabled, the visudo binary embeds different paths for the
> "mv" program.
>
> Passing the /bin location to configure ensures using the most
> compatible path, as a usrmerge system should have compatibility
> symlinks available for /bin, while a non-usrmerge system is unlikely
> to have compatibility symlinks for the /usr/bin location.
> ---
>  debian/rules | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
> index 5b438ea..1117b57 100755
> --- a/debian/rules
> +++ b/debian/rules
> @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS),linux)
>    configure_args += --with-selinux --with-linux-audit --enable-tmpfiles.d=yes
>  endif
>  
> +# Consistently use /bin/mv to ensure reproducible builds regardless of
> +# building on a usrmerge or non-usrmerge system.
> +configure_args += MVPROG=/bin/mv
> +
>  reconf-stamp:
>       cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
>       cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
> -- 
> 2.20.1

Any chance you would be able to consider this patch in time for
bullseye?

sudo is a rather important package to have building reproducibly, in my
opinion. :)


live well,
  vagrant

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