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bug#23776: Perl's .pod files include timestamps, making Perl package bui
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Leo Famulari |
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Subject: |
bug#23776: Perl's .pod files include timestamps, making Perl package builds non-deterministic |
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Date: |
Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:39:27 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) |
On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 01:33:46PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> The problem is described in <git://git.debian.org/git/reproducible/notes.git>:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> timestamps_in_documentation_generated_by_podman:
> description: |
> The module Pod::Man includes timestamps in its embedded manpages:
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> http://sources.debian.net/src/perl/latest/cpan/podlators/lib/Pod/Man.pm/?hl=1700#L977
> They should be based on the mtime of the original file.
> url:
> https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInManpagesGeneratedByPodMan
According to the information on this page, we should set POD_MAN_DATE
while building. Should we make the perl-build-system export this
variable? Set to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH?