Bug#994976: xtermcontrol: please make the build reproducible

["Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org>]

Hi Vagrant,

>> +PACKAGE_YEAR = $(shell date --utc --date=@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH) '+%Y')
>> +PACKAGE_DATE = $(shell date --utc --date=@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH) +'%B %d, %Y')
>
> I think this should use %Y-%m-%d instead, as %B is a locale-dependent
> month name.

I was likely copying the existing output — more likely that the patch
would be applied! But you are absolutely right: this needs something
like LC_ALL=C or something.

> This package appears to be part of the QA team, so could be uploaded by
> anyone... I'd consider uploading the fix, unless you'd like to do the
> honors?

I'll get onto it. :)


Regards,

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