[debhelper-devel] Bug#759886: Bug#759886: debhelper: please make mtimes of packaged files deterministic

[Joey Hess]

Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
> Joey Hess:
> > Do you have a plan to get packages not using dh or cdbs to use this new
> > command?
> 
> Its heart is a single find+xargs+touch command. I had in mind that
> packages not using dh or cdbs could have their own way on how to make
> the mtimes deterministic. Possibly by adding such a find command in
> their debian/rules at the right location, but there might be other
> solutions.

I was talking about commands that do use debhelper, but list all the
commands to run in debian/rules.

> > My other idea is to make dh_fixmtimes set something that a later command
> > (eg, dh_builddeb) could use and warn if it was not run.
> 
> Maybe it should be integrated to dh_builddeb, then?

I don't think it belongs in dh_builddeb directly.

-- 
see shy jo
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