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

[Jérémy Bobbio]

Bernhard R. Link:
> May I suggest to just duplicate the DH_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE handling in
> dh_fixmtimes for the time being?
> 
> If they are already removed then dh_builddeb should not do any new harm
> and this way you keep more control over dh_fixmtimes so there is less
> chances debhelper will ship outdated code.
> 
> Those two can then still later be merged if that still looks sensible
> then.

That's a good suggestion, thanks! :)

But I'd like to experiment with fixing mtimes in dh_builddeb first.
There's a chance we can get thousands more package building reproducibly
without having to change them… which would be a pretty compelling
argument.

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