Hi Wookey, * Wookey <wookey@wookware.org> [2026-04-15 19:59]:
Which Ian are we talking about here (or is there a backup package in debian called 'Ian's backup system')? Does this issue affect more people than 'Ian'? Why does it break when binNMUs are built to (internally) match the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH? Should a backup system not be able to cope with new files that have old dates in them (are the timestamps of the debs themselves set to the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH?) Essentially I am wondering if perhaps this backup system should be fixed, rather than the build systems changed? Perhaps this has all been discussed already somewhere, and there is a good reason why this option has not been included in the solution-set? If so, do you have a pointer?
See: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=843773 Cheers Jochen
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