Re: misleading timestamps in binnmus

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

Hi!

On Wed, 2016-11-09 at 11:16:09 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Sven Joachim writes ("Re: misleading timestamps in binnmus"):
> > I'm afraid I don't really have a good suggestion.  Using current date
> > would work but obviously break reproducibility, and any other date seems
> > arbitrary.
> 
> I don't understand why using the current date would break
> reproducibility.
> 
> How does one reproduce a binnmu ?

As Mattia replied, by taking the data from the .buildinfo file:

> Clearly one needs a copy of the binnmu changelog stanza, because that
> (a) determines the version numbers of the generated .debs and (b) is
> actually included in the generated .debs.

man deb-buildinfo, Binary-Only-Changes field. :)

Thanks,
Guillem