#1136297 - pycayennelpp: please make the build reproducible (original) (raw)

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pycayennelpp: please make the build reproducible

Reported by: "Chris Lamb" lamby@debian.org

Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 16:39:14 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, pending

Found in version pycayennelpp/2.4.0-3

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Report forwardedto debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian Hamradio Maintainers <debian-hams@lists.debian.org> (src:pycayennelpp for {1136297}), reproducible-bugs@lists.alioth.debian.org (additional cc recipient for {1136297}):
Bug#1136297; Package src:pycayennelpp. (Mon, 11 May 2026 16:39:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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Source: pycayennelpp Version: 2.4.0-3 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 pycayennelpp could not be built reproducibly.

This is because the testsuite bumps the modification time of the tests/ directory to the current time (which later gets clamped back to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH), so if the tests are skipped via nocheck, then this directory will retain its original, upstream timestamp.

Instead of saving upstream's original timestamp and restoring that later, I've attached a patch to always set the mtime of this directory to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH regardless of whether the tests are run or not.

[0] https://reproducible-builds.org/

Regards,

-- ,''. : :' : Chris Lamb . ' lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-

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Bug#1136297; Package src:pycayennelpp. (Tue, 12 May 2026 19:31:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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tags 1136297 + pending thanks

Hey Chris,

thanks for your patch. This is fixed in git and will be fixed within the next upload.

Greetings Patrick

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