Your message dated Wed, 30 Dec 2020 04:18:21 +0000 with message-id <E1kuSwH-0006Sz-7K@fasolo.debian.org> and subject line Bug#978610: fixed in a2ps 1:4.14-6 has caused the Debian Bug report #978610, regarding a2ps: reproducible builds: Embeds build time README and info page to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 978610: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=978610 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- Subject: a2ps: reproducible builds: Embeds build time README and info page
- From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:18:38 -0800
- Message-id: <[🔎] 87eej9kotd.fsf@yucca>
Package: a2ps Severity: normal Tags: patch User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: timestamps X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs@lists.alioth.debian.org The README and a2ps embed the build time: https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/bullseye/amd64/diffoscope-results/a2ps.html README Mon·Nov·30·21:05:05·-12·2020 vs. Tue·Jan··4·05:31:47·+14·2022 The attached patches fix this by passing arguments to date to support SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH and by removing the UPDATED calls in the .texi files used to generate the documentation. Thanks for maintaining a2ps! live well, vagrantFrom 4c7ac30978cf3d4657274e139d4b1f30155f63e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 07:16:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/6] etc/Makefile.*: Pass arguments to date to support SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH when generating README. https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/source-date-epoch/ --- etc/Makefile.am | 2 +- etc/Makefile.in | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/Makefile.am b/etc/Makefile.am index b0cdcac..9b75777 100644 --- a/etc/Makefile.am +++ b/etc/Makefile.am @@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ a2ps.cfg: a2ps_cfg Makefile # Building a time stamp to know the version. README: README.in Makefile - sed "s!@date@!`date`!g;s!@version@!$(VERSION)!g" \ + sed "s!@date@!`LC_ALL=C date --utc --date=@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)`!g;s!@version@!$(VERSION)!g" \ $(srcdir)/README.in > README diff --git a/etc/Makefile.in b/etc/Makefile.in index 0fe7d4c..50af809 100644 --- a/etc/Makefile.in +++ b/etc/Makefile.in @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ a2ps.cfg: a2ps_cfg Makefile # Building a time stamp to know the version. README: README.in Makefile - sed "s!@date@!`date`!g;s!@version@!$(VERSION)!g" \ + sed "s!@date@!`LC_ALL=C date --utc --date=@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)`!g;s!@version@!$(VERSION)!g" \ $(srcdir)/README.in > README # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables. # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded. -- 2.20.1From b21b23ae6a8e867b4941eab3486d6d940ae48f61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@reproducible-builds.org> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 07:52:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/6] doc/a2ps.texi: Remove dates from generated documentation. --- doc/a2ps.texi | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/a2ps.texi b/doc/a2ps.texi index 5a99e8d..18c0f91 100644 --- a/doc/a2ps.texi +++ b/doc/a2ps.texi @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ approved by the author. @titlepage @title GNU a2ps, version @value{VERSION} @subtitle General Purpose PostScript Generating Utility -@subtitle Edition @value{EDITION}, @value{UPDATED} +@subtitle Edition @value{EDITION} @author Akim Demaille @author Miguel Santana @@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ GNU @pack{} is a filter which generates PostScript from various formats, with pretty-printing features, strong support for many alphabets, and customizable layout. -This is Edition @value{VERSION} of the @pack{} documentation, updated -@value{UPDATED}. +This is Edition @value{VERSION} of the @pack{} documentation. @menu * Introduction:: Foreword -- 2.20.1Attachment: signature.asc
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- Subject: Bug#978610: fixed in a2ps 1:4.14-6
- From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 04:18:21 +0000
- Message-id: <E1kuSwH-0006Sz-7K@fasolo.debian.org>
- Reply-to: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>
Source: a2ps Source-Version: 1:4.14-6 Done: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of a2ps, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 978610@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> (supplier of updated a2ps package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 20:01:09 -0800 Source: a2ps Architecture: source Version: 1:4.14-6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org> Changed-By: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> Closes: 971819 971820 971821 978609 978610 Changes: a2ps (1:4.14-6) unstable; urgency=medium . * QA upload. . [ Vagrant Cascadian ] * etc/Makefile.*: Pass arguments to date to support SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH when generating README. (Closes: #978610) * man/Makefile.*: Patch to use the system help2man. (Closes: #978609, #971819) * debian/control: Add help2man to Build-Depends. * doc/a2ps.texi: Remove dates from generated documentation. (Closes: #978610) * debian/control: Set Rules-Requires-Root to "no". * debian/copyright: Update pointer to GPL-3. * debian/rules: Switch to dh. * debian/rules: Add dh_auto_test override to not fail on test suite failures. * Update to debhelper-compat 13. * debian/rules: Pass --without autoreconf to dh. * debian/rules: Pass configure options without --runstatedir, which is unsupported in the current configure script. * debian/mime: Remove quotes around %s to fix lintian issue. * debian/control: Add Homepage. * debian/control: Remove Build-Depends on autotools-dev, handled by debhelper-compat level. * debian/control: Add Vcs headers. * debian/control: Update Standards-Version to 4.5.1. . [ Bjarni Ingi Gislason ] * composeglyphs.1: Remove a repeated word (Closes: #971820). * fixnt.1: fix formatting of references to manuals (Closes: #971821). Checksums-Sha1: 13c2cc14f8a8c51fc247a50dac4cb35302741d9e 1527 a2ps_4.14-6.dsc 565af99c823668799c5e5f33d3fccfd893442789 28008 a2ps_4.14-6.debian.tar.xz Checksums-Sha256: a303e24705558977aab36ae1263f4d3ba2db1e47e26b0b8b106fda95a7c8f291 1527 a2ps_4.14-6.dsc 510d2baedd08504e5fa4042ad23cbdc5966d73e3464335d5ac2eb4c072d7dbc0 28008 a2ps_4.14-6.debian.tar.xz Files: 5d6868a427db5b8591d1db600d461959 1527 text optional a2ps_4.14-6.dsc 6e0b8e3c38325583d859d3d96e3c6fc2 28008 text optional a2ps_4.14-6.debian.tar.xz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iIkEARYKADEWIQRlgHNhO/zFx+LkXUXcUY/If5cWqgUCX+v9RBMcdmFncmFudEBk ZWJpYW4ub3JnAAoJENxRj8h/lxaq1qoA/3HwgZFNOnsqvtOdkEy/m8VV3MjPq1GR YE1LFTPbkzA2AQD5Zn7sVRP+ATUnFp6VNO5kjG0+LS9UVSdChszLOXsSAg== =YsVc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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