Bug#868843: xorg-server: please make the BUILD_{DATE,TIME} reproducible
Control: tag -1 upstream moreinfo
On 07/19/2017 09:10 AM, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Source: xorg-server
> Version: 2:1.19.3-2
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> User: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: timestamps
> X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs@lists.alioth.debian.org
>
> Hi,
>
> Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed
> that xorg-server could not be built reproducibly.
>
> One reason is because it embeds a build and date time. Patch
> attached. Thanks to Bernhard M. Wiedemann!
>
Can you send this patch upstream per
https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches/?
How portable is the change to non-gnu date?
Cheers,
Julien
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