Bug#777441: unicon: fails to build reproducibly because cin2tab produces output in random order
Source: unicon
Version: 3.0.4-14
Severity: wishlist
User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps fileordering
Hi!
While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
that unicon could not be built reproducibly.
We observed that the file cantonese.tab is different between individual rebuilds.
It seems that the program cin2tab uses a hash table and does not sort its output.
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
cheers, akira
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