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bug#23776: Perl's .pod files include timestamps, making Perl package bui
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#23776: Perl's .pod files include timestamps, making Perl package builds non-deterministic |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:11:21 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 01:33:46PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> The problem is described in
>> <git://git.debian.org/git/reproducible/notes.git>:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> timestamps_in_documentation_generated_by_podman:
>> description: |
>> The module Pod::Man includes timestamps in its embedded manpages:
>>
>> http://sources.debian.net/src/perl/latest/cpan/podlators/lib/Pod/Man.pm/?hl=1700#L977
>> They should be based on the mtime of the original file.
>> url:
>> https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInManpagesGeneratedByPodMan
>
> According to the information on this page, we should set POD_MAN_DATE
> while building. Should we make the perl-build-system export this
> variable? Set to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH?
Yes, that sounds like a good idea.
Thanks,
Ludo’.