Package: autoconf Severity: normal Tags: patch User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: timestamps X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs@lists.alioth.debian.org Some documentation files still manage to capture the build time even after applying the patch from #950416: https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/bullseye/amd64/diffoscope-results/autoconf.html /usr/share/doc/autoconf/autoconf.html This·manual·(25·December·2020)·is·for·GNU·Autoconf This·manual·(27·January·2022)·is·for·GNU·Autoconf The attached patch fixes this by removing the UPDATED value from autoconf.texi, used to generate these documentation files. live well, vagrant
From 0f7415dd520e7f005a0fb42ce42975dca46ef8e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 08:39:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove build date from autoconf.texi.
autoconf.texi is used to generate .pdf, .ps, .info and .html
documentation shipped with the package.
See "Timestamps are best avoided":
https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/timestamps/
---
doc/autoconf.texi | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 436c987..acdcd76 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
@copying
-This manual (@value{UPDATED}) is for GNU Autoconf
+This manual is for GNU Autoconf
(version @value{VERSION}),
a package for creating scripts to configure source code packages using
templates and an M4 macro package.
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License.''
@titlepage
@title Autoconf
@subtitle Creating Automatic Configuration Scripts
-@subtitle for version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}
+@subtitle for version @value{VERSION}
@author David MacKenzie
@author Ben Elliston
@author Akim Demaille
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2.20.1
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