[bug-gettext] [PATCH] Please respect SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH wen generating ChangeLog entries

[Chris Lamb]

Hi,

Whilst working on the "reproducible builds" effort [0], we noticed that
the gettextize tool generates ChangeLog files and entries which include
the current date, rendering generated builds unreproducible (eg. avahi
et al). The timestamps are also additionally timezone-specific.

The attached patch modifies gettextize to respect SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH[1]
if available. I have a GNU contributor agreement (address@hidden)

 [0] https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
 [1] https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/


Regards,

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