Debian Bug report logs - #915303
mailagent: reproducible build (usrmerge): embeds path of cat and zcat found via PATH

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

From: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: mailagent: reproducible build (usrmerge): embeds path of cat and zcat found via PATH

Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 17:50:54 +0100

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Package: mailagent
Version: 3.1-81-4
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: md@linux.it
Usertags: usrmerge

Dear Maintainer,

The package currently fails to build reproducibly on merge-usr vs
non-merged systems.

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/mailagent.html

The problem is that the full path of cat and zcat is lookup up via PATH
at build-time and embedded into shipped files.
On merged-usr systems /bin is a symlink to /usr/bin and PATH normally
contains /usr/bin before /bin, thus finding /usr/bin/cat (instead
of /bin/cat like on a non-merged system).

The problem is easily fixed by explicitly passing the paths to use
to configure via debian/rules. Please see attached debdiff.

Regards,
Andreas Henriksson

[mailagent-usrmerge.debdiff (text/plain, attachment)]

Message #10 received at 915303-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

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

To: 915303-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#915303: fixed in mailagent 1:3.1-106-1

Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 08:36:01 +0000

Source: mailagent
Source-Version: 1:3.1-106-1
Done: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mailagent, 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 915303@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> (supplier of updated mailagent 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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Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 00:30:17 -0700
Source: mailagent
Architecture: source
Version: 1:3.1-106-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Changed-By: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Closes: 915303 919182
Changes:
 mailagent (1:3.1-106-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Upstream has moved to git. This is the new upstream HEAD
   * Indeed, whilst the current version worked fine with Debian 7, changes
     made to INN2 on Debian 9 break the POST command and cause the messages
     to be rejected as news articles.
   * Bug fix: "Mailagent not up-to-date", thanks to Raphael Manfredi
     (Closes: #919182).
   * Pass configure flags -D cat=/bin/cat -D zcat=/bin/zcat fixes
     reproducible build on merged-usr vs non-merged
   * Bug fix: "reproducible build (usrmerge): embeds path of cat and zcat
     found via PATH", thanks to Andreas Henriksson (Closes: #915303).
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