Bug#722166: bobcat: Please do not write timestamps in gzip files

2013-09-09 Thread tony
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 08:47:49AM +0200, Frank B. Brokken wrote: > Dear J?r?my Bobbio, you wrote: > > ... > > For the latter to work, we need to eliminate any variations coming from > > external factors, like timestamps. > > > > Hope that helps, > > Absolutely, > > Thanks for the speedy clarifi

Bug#722166: bobcat: Please do not write timestamps in gzip files

2013-09-08 Thread Frank B. Brokken
Dear J?r?my Bobbio, you wrote: > ... > For the latter to work, we need to eliminate any variations coming from > external factors, like timestamps. > > Hope that helps, Absolutely, Thanks for the speedy clarification! Cheers, -- Frank B. Brokken Center for Information Technology, Univ

Bug#722166: bobcat: Please do not write timestamps in gzip files

2013-09-08 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
Hi Frank, Frank B. Brokken: > Of course I am. Could somebody please enlighten me what the problem actually > is? This is the first time in my l-o-o-o-o-ng life that I learn about a thing > called a `timestamp of a gzip file' and that it may cause problems. In Debian context, it currently can paus

Bug#722166: bobcat: Please do not write timestamps in gzip files

2013-09-08 Thread Frank B. Brokken
Dear J??r??my Bobbio, you wrote: > Control: tags -1 + patch > > tony mancill: > > Thanks for the suggestion and for looking into the cause of the issue > > with the bobcat build. I'm suspect that Frank, the upstream developer, > > will be willing to address this in a future upstream release. Of

Bug#722166: bobcat: Please do not write timestamps in gzip files

2013-09-08 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
Control: tags -1 + patch tony mancill: > Thanks for the suggestion and for looking into the cause of the issue > with the bobcat build. I'm suspect that Frank, the upstream developer, > will be willing to address this in a future upstream release. Great! Attached is a patch that indeed did the t

Bug#722166: bobcat: Please do not write timestamps in gzip files

2013-09-08 Thread tony mancill
On 09/08/2013 10:30 AM, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > Package: bobcat > Version: 3.15.00-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi! > > In the effort of making Debian binary package build reproducible [1], I > have noticed that your package currently ship gz compressed files with a > timestamp. > > Adding the `-n`

Bug#722166: bobcat: Please do not write timestamps in gzip files

2013-09-08 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
Package: bobcat Version: 3.15.00-1 Severity: wishlist Hi! In the effort of making Debian binary package build reproducible [1], I have noticed that your package currently ship gz compressed files with a timestamp. Adding the `-n` or `--no-name` flag to the various calls to `gzip` made in `icmake