Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> skribis: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:11:21AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> skribis: >> >> > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 01:33:46PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> >> The problem is described in >> >> <git://git.debian.org/git/reproducible/notes.git>: >> >> >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> >> timestamps_in_documentation_generated_by_podman: >> >> description: | >> >> The module Pod::Man includes timestamps in its embedded manpages: >> >> >> >> http://sources.debian.net/src/perl/latest/cpan/podlators/lib/Pod/Man.pm/?hl=1700#L977 >> >> They should be based on the mtime of the original file. >> >> url: >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInManpagesGeneratedByPodMan >> > >> > According to the information on this page, we should set POD_MAN_DATE >> > while building. Should we make the perl-build-system export this >> > variable? Set to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH? >> >> Yes, that sounds like a good idea. > > Should I add a phase to %standard-phases in perl-build-system.scm [0]? > > Should I define a new procedure set-POD_MAN_DATE [1] and add that > perl-build-system.scm's %standard-phases?
Yes, sounds like the right approach to me. Thank you. Ludo’.
