Debian Bug report logs - #842550
the: please make the build reproducible

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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: the: please make the build reproducible

Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 12:47:53 +0100

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Source: the
Version: 3.3~rc1-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps locale
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi!

While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
that 'the' could not be built reproducibly.
The sorting of the md5sums file varies with different locales, and the
generated documentation contains build timestamps.

The attached patch fixes this.

Regards,
 Reiner

[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds

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Message #10 received at 842550@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org>

To: 842550@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#842550: the: please make the build reproducible

Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 15:25:08 -0700

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Control: tags 842550 pending

On 2016-10-30, Reiner Herrmann wrote:
> While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
> that 'the' could not be built reproducibly.
> The sorting of the md5sums file varies with different locales, and the
> generated documentation contains build timestamps.
>
> The attached patch fixes this.

Upload an NMU to DELAYED/10 applying a variation of this patch:

diff -Nru the-3.3~rc1/debian/changelog the-3.3~rc1/debian/changelog
--- the-3.3~rc1/debian/changelog	2016-08-10 00:56:45.000000000 -0700
+++ the-3.3~rc1/debian/changelog	2022-10-06 15:12:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+the (3.3~rc1-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+
+  [ Reiner Herrmann ]
+  * Generate reproducible documentation (Closes: #842550)
+  * Sort the md5sums file. (Closes: #842550)
+
+ -- Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org>  Thu, 06 Oct 2022 15:12:42 -0700
+
 the (3.3~rc1-3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Applied patches from Maria Valentina Marin <marivalenm@gmail.com>
diff -Nru the-3.3~rc1/debian/md5_sums the-3.3~rc1/debian/md5_sums
--- the-3.3~rc1/debian/md5_sums	2010-01-28 09:34:54.000000000 -0800
+++ the-3.3~rc1/debian/md5_sums	2022-10-06 15:12:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 for TMPDIR; do
    find debian/${TMPDIR}/* -type f ! -regex "^debian/${TMPDIR}/DEBIAN/.*" \
                                  ! -regex "^debian/${TMPDIR}/etc/.*" | \
-                          sed s@debian/${TMPDIR}/@@g | sort > ${TMP_FILE}
+                          sed s@debian/${TMPDIR}/@@g | LC_ALL=C sort > ${TMP_FILE}
    cd debian/${TMPDIR}  
    xargs < ../../${TMP_FILE} md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums
    cd ../../
diff -Nru the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch
--- the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch	2022-10-06 15:12:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From: Reiner Herrmann <reiner@reiner-h.de>
+Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 12:47:53 +0100
+X-Dgit-Generated: 3.3~rc1-3.1 634e2b177616b31752934f174a55a6f70fe1f239
+Subject: Generate reproducible documentation (Closes: #842550)
+
+- Use fixed copyright year
+- Don't embed generation timestamp
+
+---
+
+diff --git a/man2html.rex b/man2html.rex
+index 4505f8c..2ab6ae5 100644
+--- a/man2html.rex
++++ b/man2html.rex
+@@ -1137,9 +1137,8 @@ Return
+ footing: Procedure Expose html_ext
+ Parse Arg src .
+ Say '<ADDRESS>'
+-Say 'The Hessling Editor is Copyright &copy; <A HREF = "http://www.rexx.org/">Mark Hessling</A>, 1990-'Left( Date('S'), 4 )
++Say 'The Hessling Editor is Copyright &copy; <A HREF = "http://www.rexx.org/">Mark Hessling</A>, 1990-2011'
+ Say '&lt;<A HREF = "mailto:mark@rexx.org">mark@rexx.org</A>&gt;'
+-Say '<BR>Generated on:' Date()
+ Say '</ADDRESS><HR>'
+ If src \= 'TOC' Then Say 'Return to <A HREF = "index' || html_ext || '#TOC"> Table of Contents </A><BR>'
+ Say '</BODY> </HTML>'
+diff --git a/man2hv.rex b/man2hv.rex
+index 19bc63e..ad22752 100644
+--- a/man2hv.rex
++++ b/man2hv.rex
+@@ -1228,9 +1228,8 @@ Return
+ footing: Procedure Expose html_ext ?port ?slash ?os
+ Parse Arg fn src .
+ Call Lineout fn, '<ADDRESS>'
+-Call Lineout fn, 'The Hessling Editor is Copyright &copy; <A HREF = "http://www.rexx.org/">Mark Hessling</A>, 1990-'Left( Date('S'), 4 )
++Call Lineout fn, 'The Hessling Editor is Copyright &copy; <A HREF = "http://www.rexx.org/">Mark Hessling</A>, 1990-2011'
+ Call Lineout fn, '&lt;<A HREF = "mailto:mark@rexx.org">mark@rexx.org</A>&gt;'
+-Call Lineout fn, '<BR>Generated on:' Date()
+ Call Lineout fn, '</ADDRESS><HR>'
+ If src \= 'TOC' Then Call Lineout fn, 'Return to <A HREF = "../index' || html_ext || '#TOC"> Table of Contents </A><BR>'
+ Call Lineout fn, '</BODY> </HTML>'
diff -Nru the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/series the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/series
--- the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/series	2012-06-30 08:20:52.000000000 -0700
+++ the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/series	2022-10-06 15:12:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 az-patch-01
+generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch

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Message #17 received at 842550-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 842550-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#842550: fixed in the 3.3~rc1-3.1

Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 23:17:56 +0000

Source: the
Source-Version: 3.3~rc1-3.1
Done: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
the, 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 842550@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

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Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org> (supplier of updated the package)

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Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 15:12:42 -0700
Source: the
Architecture: source
Version: 3.3~rc1-3.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Alen Zekulic <alen@nms.hr>
Changed-By: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org>
Closes: 842550
Changes:
 the (3.3~rc1-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload.
 .
   [ Reiner Herrmann ]
   * Generate reproducible documentation (Closes: #842550)
   * Sort the md5sums file. (Closes: #842550)
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