Debian Bug report logs - #790801
txt2man: please support timestamps from environment

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Reiner Herrmann <reiner@reiner-h.de>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: txt2man: please support timestamps from environment

Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 22:30:32 +0200

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Source: txt2man
Version: 1.5.6-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: toolchain timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi!

When no explicit date is specified on the command line, txt2man currently embeds
the current time into generated manpages.
For the Reproducible Builds effort we are proposing an environment variable [1],
that will contain a deterministic epoch timestamp (based on the latest debian/changelog
entry) that could be used.
We hope that it will soon be automatically exported by debhelper.
With the attached patch packages using txt2man would then automatically generate
reproducible manpages (instead of having to adapt each package to explicitely pass a
timestamp).

Btw. help2man also recently added support for this [2]. :-)

Regards,
 Reiner

[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsProposal
[2]: https://bugs.debian.org/787444

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Message #14 received at 790801@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>

To: Reiner Herrmann <reiner@reiner-h.de>, 790801@bugs.debian.org, eriberto@debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#790801: txt2man: please support timestamps from environment

Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 22:25:01 +0000

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On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 10:30:32PM +0200, Reiner Herrmann wrote:
> When no explicit date is specified on the command line, txt2man currently embeds
> the current time into generated manpages.
> For the Reproducible Builds effort we are proposing an environment variable [1],
> that will contain a deterministic epoch timestamp (based on the latest debian/changelog
> entry) that could be used.
> We hope that it will soon be automatically exported by debhelper.
> With the attached patch packages using txt2man would then automatically generate
> reproducible manpages (instead of having to adapt each package to explicitely pass a
> timestamp).

Since several months debhelper exports this variable, and it's gaining a
lot of adoptions.
Currently we are keeping this package patched in our custom repository,
but that's clearly sub-optimal.

I wonder, would you mind doing an upload with this patch applied? :)

Note that it has been also "applied" upstream (if you can say that for a
git repository not updated in years and then this...).

-- 
regards,
                        Mattia Rizzolo

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Message #19 received at 790801@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Eriberto <eriberto@eriberto.pro.br>

To: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>

Cc: Reiner Herrmann <reiner@reiner-h.de>, 790801@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#790801: txt2man: please support timestamps from environment

Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 19:33:22 -0300

Hi Mattia,

I am reviewing all my packages gradually. I will review txt2man soon
(I will give priority to txt2man).

Regards,

Eriberto


2016-05-09 19:25 GMT-03:00 Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>:
> On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 10:30:32PM +0200, Reiner Herrmann wrote:
>> When no explicit date is specified on the command line, txt2man currently embeds
>> the current time into generated manpages.
>> For the Reproducible Builds effort we are proposing an environment variable [1],
>> that will contain a deterministic epoch timestamp (based on the latest debian/changelog
>> entry) that could be used.
>> We hope that it will soon be automatically exported by debhelper.
>> With the attached patch packages using txt2man would then automatically generate
>> reproducible manpages (instead of having to adapt each package to explicitely pass a
>> timestamp).
>
> Since several months debhelper exports this variable, and it's gaining a
> lot of adoptions.
> Currently we are keeping this package patched in our custom repository,
> but that's clearly sub-optimal.
>
> I wonder, would you mind doing an upload with this patch applied? :)
>
> Note that it has been also "applied" upstream (if you can say that for a
> git repository not updated in years and then this...).
>
> --
> regards,
>                         Mattia Rizzolo
>
> GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18  4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540      .''`.
> more about me:  https://mapreri.org                             : :'  :
> Launchpad user: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri                  `. `'`
> Debian QA page: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mattia  `-

Message #22 received at 790801@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>

To: Eriberto <eriberto@eriberto.pro.br>

Cc: Reiner Herrmann <reiner@reiner-h.de>, 790801@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#790801: txt2man: please support timestamps from environment

Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 22:34:56 +0000

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On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 07:33:22PM -0300, Eriberto wrote:
> I am reviewing all my packages gradually. I will review txt2man soon
> (I will give priority to txt2man).

Thanks in advance! :)

-- 
regards,
                        Mattia Rizzolo

GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18  4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540      .''`.
more about me:  https://mapreri.org                             : :'  :
Launchpad user: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri                  `. `'`
Debian QA page: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mattia  `-

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Message #27 received at 790801-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>

To: 790801-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#790801: fixed in txt2man 1.5.6-4

Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 04:07:50 +0000

Source: txt2man
Source-Version: 1.5.6-4

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
txt2man, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 790801@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org> (supplier of updated txt2man package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 23:55:31 -0300
Source: txt2man
Binary: txt2man
Architecture: source
Version: 1.5.6-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>
Changed-By: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>
Description:
 txt2man    - convert flat ASCII text to manpage format
Closes: 790801
Changes:
 txt2man (1.5.6-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * debian/control:
       - Bumped Standards-Version to 3.9.8.
       - Changed from cgit to git in Vcs-Browser field.
       - Updated the Vcs-* fields to use https instead of http and git.
   * debian/copyright: updated the packaging copyright years.
   * debian/examples.d/:
       - Added a new example: txt2man.txt.
       - Reviewed all manpages.
   * debian/patches/:
       - Added 70_reproducible-date.patch that honour SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH if
         available. Thanks to Reiner Herrmann <reiner@reiner-h.de>.
         (Closes: #790801)
       - Added 80_improve-txt2man-manpage.patch to fix some issues and
         explain better some points.
       - fix-makefile: renamed to 10_fix-makefile.patch.
       - drop-ksh-check: renamed to 20_drop-ksh-check.patch.
       - fix-path-hyphen: renamed to 30_fix-path.patch. Removed a no longer
         needed fix for hyphen.
       - fix-bashisms: renamed to 40_fix-bashisms.patch.
       - fix-pager-option: renamed to 50_fix-pager-option.patch.
       - fix-spelling-hyphen: renamed to 60_fix-spelling.patch. Updated to
         fix a new spelling error and removed a no longer needed and
         erroneous fix for hyphen used as minus sign.
   * debian/watch: bumped to version 4.
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Message #32 received at 790801@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>

To: 790801@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Reiner Herrmann <reiner@reiner-h.de>

Subject: Re: Bug#790801 closed by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org> (Bug#790801: fixed in txt2man 1.5.6-4)

Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 08:35:49 +0000

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On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 04:09:05AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> which was filed against the src:txt2man package:
> 
> #790801: txt2man: please support timestamps from environment
> 
> It has been closed by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>.

\o/

Thanks!

-- 
regards,
                        Mattia Rizzolo

GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18  4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540      .''`.
more about me:  https://mapreri.org                             : :'  :
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Message #37 received at 790801@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Eriberto <eriberto@eriberto.pro.br>

To: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>, 790801@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#790801: closed by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org> (Bug#790801: fixed in txt2man 1.5.6-4)

Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 10:41:24 -0300

2016-05-17 5:35 GMT-03:00 Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>:
> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 04:09:05AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
>> which was filed against the src:txt2man package:
>>
>> #790801: txt2man: please support timestamps from environment
>>
>> It has been closed by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>.
>
> \o/


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