Debian Bug report logs - #941715
checkinstall: please make the build reproducible

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

From: "Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: checkinstall: please make the build reproducible

Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 07:44:10 +0100

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Source: checkinstall
Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: buildpath
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs@lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0] we noticed
that checkinstall could not be built reproducibly.

This is because it embedded the absolute build path in the
/usr/bin/checkinstall file. Patch attached.

 [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/


Regards,

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     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
     `. `'`      lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
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Message #10 received at 941715-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stephen Gelman <ssgelm@debian.org>

To: 941715-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#941715: fixed in checkinstall 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2

Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 22:04:19 +0000

Source: checkinstall
Source-Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
checkinstall, 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 941715@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Stephen Gelman <ssgelm@debian.org> (supplier of updated checkinstall 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, 04 Oct 2019 16:49:50 -0500
Source: checkinstall
Architecture: source
Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Stephen Gelman <ssgelm@debian.org>
Changed-By: Stephen Gelman <ssgelm@debian.org>
Closes: 941715
Changes:
 checkinstall (1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Remove embedded build path to make build reproducible (closes: #941715)
     Thanks to Chris Lamb for the fix!
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