Source: dict-gazetteer2k
Version: 1.0.0-5.2
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 dict-gazetteer2k could not be built reproducibly.

The attached patch removes timestamps from the build system. Once
applied, dict-gazetteer2k can be built reproducibly in our current
experimental
framework.

 [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds


Regards,

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     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
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diff -urNad dict-gazetteer2k.orig/dict-gazetteer2k-1.0.0/debian/rules 
dict-gazetteer2k/dict-gazetteer2k-1.0.0/debian/rules
--- dict-gazetteer2k.orig/dict-gazetteer2k-1.0.0/debian/rules   2015-01-27 
12:15:09.178630836 +0000
+++ dict-gazetteer2k/dict-gazetteer2k-1.0.0/debian/rules        2015-01-27 
12:19:20.241716434 +0000
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 PYTHON=python
 BASENAMES=places counties zips
+BUILD_DATE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Date)
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring debug,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
        CFLAGS += -g
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
        $(PYTHON) zipswriter.py
        $(PYTHON) placeswriter.py
        $(PYTHON) countieswriter.py
+       # Ensure deterministic mtime for dictzip to inherit
+       touch --date='$(BUILD_DATE)' *.dict
        dictzip *.dict
 
        touch build-stamp
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