Source: dictionaries-common
Version: 1.23.17
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: randomness
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi,
While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
that dictionaries-common generates debconf output with non-deterministic
output.
The attached patch ensures a sorted order rather than arbitrary dict
order.
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
Regards,
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diff --git a/scripts/perl5/Devel/DictionariesCommon.pm.in
b/scripts/perl5/Devel/DictionariesCommon.pm.in
index 847f1f4..2d625f6 100644
--- a/scripts/perl5/Devel/DictionariesCommon.pm.in
+++ b/scripts/perl5/Devel/DictionariesCommon.pm.in
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ rm -f \$tmp
my @tmp_defaults = ();
my $has_elanguages;
- foreach (keys %{$dicts}){
+ foreach (sort keys %{$dicts}){
my $lang = $dicts->{$_};
unless ( defined $lang->{'debconf-display'} &&
lc($lang->{'debconf-display'}) eq "no" ) {
push (@tmp_languages,$_);
