Debian Bug report logs - #794004
ghostscript: please support timestamps from environment

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

From: Dhole <dhole@openmailbox.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: ghostscript: please support timestamps from environment

Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:45:02 +0200

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Source: ghostscript
Version: 9.15~dfsg-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: toolchain timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
that the ghostscript embeds timestamps on the creation of pdf files.

For the Reproducible Builds effort we are proposing an environment
variable (SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH) [2] that will contain a deterministic epoch
timestamp (based on the latest debian/changelog entry) that could be
used, which should be automatically exported by debhelper in the future [3].

The attached patch proposes a way to use this variable to get
reproducible timestamps in the pdf files generated by ghostscript, if
the variable has been set (if not, it falls back to the old behavior).
With the attached patch packages using ghostscript would then
automatically generate reproducible pdf files.


[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
[2]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsProposal
[3]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=791815

Regards,
-- 
Dhole

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Message #10 received at 794004-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>

To: 794004-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#794004: fixed in ghostscript 9.16~dfsg-1

Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2015 16:04:36 +0000

Source: ghostscript
Source-Version: 9.16~dfsg-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ghostscript, 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 794004@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> (supplier of updated ghostscript 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: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:00:24 +0200
Source: ghostscript
Binary: ghostscript ghostscript-x ghostscript-doc libgs9 libgs9-common libgs-dev ghostscript-dbg
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 9.16~dfsg-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team <debian-printing@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
Description:
 ghostscript - interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
 ghostscript-dbg - interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Debug symbo
 ghostscript-doc - interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Documentati
 ghostscript-x - interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - X11 support
 libgs-dev  - interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development
 libgs9     - interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Library
 libgs9-common - interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - common file
Closes: 794004
Changes:
 ghostscript (9.16~dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ upstream ]
   * New release 9.07.
     Highlights:
     + Add -dLockColorants option for tiffsep and psdcmyk devices.
     + Improved high level devices handling of Forms.
     + Update URW+ Nimbus* fonts, adding Greek and Cyrillic glyphs.
 .
   [ Jonas Smedegaard ]
   * Add patch 2010 to allow the build timestamp to be externally set.
     Closes: Bug#794004. Thanks to Peter De Wachter and Eduard Sanou.
   * Update copyright info:
     + Extend coverage for main upstream authors to include current year.
   * Add patch 1002 to fix have devxps link against shared zlib.
   * Unfuzz patches.
   * Update symbols file (30 new).
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