[Reproducible-builds] Bug#798557: libapache-dbi-perl: please make the build reproducible

2015-09-10 Thread Dhole
Source: libapache-dbi-perl Version: 1.12-1 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

Re: [Reproducible-builds] Bug#798557: libapache-dbi-perl: please make the build reproducible

2015-09-10 Thread Chris Lamb
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, at 06:25 PM, Dhole wrote: > - Make debhelper export POD_MAN_DATE An abstraction layer violation, surely? Smells really bad to me and sets a bad precedent for specific-fixes needing to be in a general tool. This has maintenance issues, as well as being surprising to

Re: [Reproducible-builds] Bug#798557: libapache-dbi-perl: please make the build reproducible

2015-09-10 Thread Niko Tyni
On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 03:56:03PM +0200, Dhole wrote: > While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed > that libapache-dbi-perl could not be built reproducibly. > > The attached patch sets the embedded date in the man pages generated by > podman to the latest

Re: [Reproducible-builds] Bug#798557: libapache-dbi-perl: please make the build reproducible

2015-09-10 Thread Chris Lamb
> This is a toolchain issue that potentially affects hundreds of packages > and should IMO be fixed centrally, at least for those packages that use > these debhelper short form dh rules. Really agree with this - we will already have quite a bit of unnecessary clutter in the archive once we fix a

Re: [Reproducible-builds] Bug#798557: libapache-dbi-perl: please make the build reproducible

2015-09-10 Thread Dhole
On 09/10/2015 06:10 PM, Niko Tyni wrote: > This is a toolchain issue that potentially affects hundreds of packages > and should IMO be fixed centrally, at least for those packages that use > these debhelper short form dh rules. > After thinking about it, I agree too; a toolchain fix would be more