Source: dict-bouvier
Version: 6.revised-3.2
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-bouvier could not be built reproducibly.

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

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


Regards,

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diff -urNad dict-bouvier.orig/dict-bouvier-6.revised/debian/rules 
dict-bouvier/dict-bouvier-6.revised/debian/rules
--- dict-bouvier.orig/dict-bouvier-6.revised/debian/rules       2015-01-27 
17:09:01.302865083 +0000
+++ dict-bouvier/dict-bouvier-6.revised/debian/rules    2015-01-27 
17:13:49.275908694 +0000
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 export DH_COMPAT=3
 
 PYTHON=$(shell pyversions -d)
+BUILD_DATE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Date)
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring debug,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
        CFLAGS += -g
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@
 
        # Add here commands to compile the package.
        $(PYTHON) conv.py *.txt
+       # Ensure deterministic mtime for dictzip to inherit
+       touch --date='$(BUILD_DATE)' bouvier.dict
        dictzip bouvier.dict
        touch build-stamp
 
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