[debhelper-devel] Bug#774102: Bug#774102: debhelper: please ensure a stable order of icons list

[Niels Thykier]

Control: tags -1 confirmed stretch sid

On 2014-12-28 18:58, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 9.20141222
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: toolchain fileordering
> 
> Hi!
> 
> While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
> that some packages failed to build reproducibly because the order of
> icons listed in dh_icons output varies depending on the order of files
> on the filesystem.
> 
> The attached patch modifies dh_icons to sort the icon list, resulting
> in a stable order in postinst and postrm files. This allows more
> packages to build reproducibly.
> 
>  [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
> 
> [...]


Hi Jérémy,

Thanks for the patch.

We will apply this for stretch.  Would it be helpful to you if we
uploaded this sooner to experimental?

Thanks,
~Niels