Re: [Reproducible-builds] Bug#803482: ncurses: please make the build reproducible, take two
On 2015-10-31 10:48 +0100, Esa Peuha wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: >> Certainly aclocal.m4 is _not_ a generated file in ncurses, > > Not in the Debian package, but upstream must be generating it from > configure.in by running aclocal. I don't think so. >> Possible >> solutions are to run dh_strip_nondeterminism on the -dbg packages, or to >> just remove the static debug libraries (I don't think they actually >> work anyway, see #556378 for reasons). > > I don't know if the static debug libraries work or not (wouldn't the > latter mean that #556378 isn't really fixed?), but I think > dh_strip_nondeterminism is probably the best option here. I've tested linking a program with "-lncurses_g -ltinfo_g" today, and it didn't work, so my conclusion is that nobody has been using the static debug libraries for ages. Hence I'm going to remove them, unless somebody comes up with a fix to the build system that removes the necessity of building the static libraries separately. Cheers, Sven ___ Reproducible-builds mailing list Reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reproducible-builds
Re: [Reproducible-builds] Bug#803482: ncurses: please make the build reproducible, take two
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > Certainly aclocal.m4 is _not_ a generated file in ncurses, Not in the Debian package, but upstream must be generating it from configure.in by running aclocal. > Possible > solutions are to run dh_strip_nondeterminism on the -dbg packages, or to > just remove the static debug libraries (I don't think they actually > work anyway, see #556378 for reasons). I don't know if the static debug libraries work or not (wouldn't the latter mean that #556378 isn't really fixed?), but I think dh_strip_nondeterminism is probably the best option here. ___ Reproducible-builds mailing list Reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reproducible-builds
Re: [Reproducible-builds] Bug#803482: ncurses: please make the build reproducible, take two
On 2015-10-30 14:32 +0100, Esa Peuha wrote: > While ncurses 6.0+20151017-1 fixed the earlier reproducibility bug > #801864, it also introduced a reproducibility regression; now all the > lib*_g.a files in the lib*-dbg packages are affected by the umask, > uid/gid and build time of the build environment. The reason for this > regression is upstream patch 20151010, specifically the update of > CF_AR_FLAGS in aclocal.m4 (which is propagated to configure) that > causes the static libraries to be generated with "ar -curvU". The NEWS entry for the patch in question mentions a reason: , | + add workaround for breakage of POSIX makefiles by recent binutils | change. ` This seems to refer to make's implicit rule for archive members[1]: , | If a target or prerequisite contains parentheses, it shall be treated as | a member of an archive library. For the lib( member .o) expression lib | refers to the name of the archive library and member .o to the member | name. The application shall ensure that the member is an object file | with the .o suffix. The modification time of the expression is the | modification time for the member as kept in the archive library; see ar. ` > I don't > really know where this should be fixed (patching aclocal.m4 doesn't > seem right since it's a generated file) so I can't suggest a patch. Certainly aclocal.m4 is _not_ a generated file in ncurses, but given the above I'd be reluctant to revert the upstream change. Possible solutions are to run dh_strip_nondeterminism on the -dbg packages, or to just remove the static debug libraries (I don't think they actually work anyway, see #556378 for reasons). Cheers, Sven 1. http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/make.html ___ Reproducible-builds mailing list Reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reproducible-builds
[Reproducible-builds] Bug#803482: ncurses: please make the build reproducible, take two
Source: ncurses Version: 6.0+20151024-1 Severity: wishlist User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org Hi! While ncurses 6.0+20151017-1 fixed the earlier reproducibility bug #801864, it also introduced a reproducibility regression; now all the lib*_g.a files in the lib*-dbg packages are affected by the umask, uid/gid and build time of the build environment. The reason for this regression is upstream patch 20151010, specifically the update of CF_AR_FLAGS in aclocal.m4 (which is propagated to configure) that causes the static libraries to be generated with "ar -curvU". I don't really know where this should be fixed (patching aclocal.m4 doesn't seem right since it's a generated file) so I can't suggest a patch. ___ Reproducible-builds mailing list Reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reproducible-builds
