Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.0.3 Severity: normal Tags: patch User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: timezone X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs@lists.alioth.debian.org While the Makefile gets a consistent timestamp from debian/changelog, the date may vary depending on timezone: 43 <p>This·is·Debian·Policy·version·4.5.0.3,·released·on·2020-08-19.</p> 43 <p>This·is·Debian·Policy·version·4.5.0.3,·released·on·2020-08-20.</p> The attached patch passes the --utc argument to date, to ensure a consistent date regardless of the timezone of the build process. Thanks for maintaining debian-policy! live well, vagrant
From 80b4be1a6eeb53ca1e66603efd4c110cbc59d5e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 11:49:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: Always use UTC date. While a consistent time was returned, depending on the timezone the package was built in can cause the date to vary: https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/source-date-epoch/ --- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 5da5b96..5640fb8 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ # Basic package information. PACKAGE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SSource) TIMESTAMP := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -STimestamp) -DATE := $(shell date -d '@$(TIMESTAMP)' +'%Y-%m-%d') +DATE := $(shell date --utc -d '@$(TIMESTAMP)' +'%Y-%m-%d') VERSION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SVersion) # Translated languages -- 2.29.2
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