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bug#23776: Perl's .pod files include timestamps, making Perl package bui
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#23776: Perl's .pod files include timestamps, making Perl package builds non-deterministic |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Jun 2016 22:35:40 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:11:21AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>> > 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>:
>> >>
>> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> >> timestamps_in_documentation_generated_by_podman:
>> >> description: |
>> >> The module Pod::Man includes timestamps in its embedded manpages:
>> >>
>> >> 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?
>>
>> Yes, that sounds like a good idea.
>
> Should I add a phase to %standard-phases in perl-build-system.scm [0]?
>
> Should I define a new procedure set-POD_MAN_DATE [1] and add that
> perl-build-system.scm's %standard-phases?
Yes, sounds like the right approach to me.
Thank you.
Ludo’.