[Pkg-octave-devel] Unreproducible builds
Several DOG packages have unreproducible builds [1], due to the way "pkg
install" works by creating a temporary build diretory, whose name is
randomly chosen [2].
I found a way to get around this problem by changing the code in
otave-pkg.mk from the octave-pkg-dev package, according to the patch
attached to this message. It is not very elegant, but it seems to work
well. Unless there are objections or someone finds a better solution, I
will commit this change.
Rafael
1. https://reproducible.debian.net/issues/unstable/random_buildpath_by_octave_issue.html
2. https://sources.debian.net/src/octave/4.0.0-5/scripts/pkg/private/install.m/?hl=67,70,96#L67
diff --git a/octave-pkg.mk b/octave-pkg.mk
index 1ed2d46..31cd3d7 100644
--- a/octave-pkg.mk
+++ b/octave-pkg.mk
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ install-pkg:
if (exist ('PKG_ADD.bak') == 2), \
movefile ('PKG_ADD.bak', 'PKG_ADD'); \
endif; \
+ function d = tempname; \
+ d = '/tmp/build'; \
+ system (['rm -rf ', d]); \
+ endfunction; \
pkg -verbose -nodeps install ."
$(shrpkg)/dh/octave-pkg-helper
dh_install --package=$(package)
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