#1131168 moltemplate: please make the build reproducible

Package:
src:moltemplate
Source:
src:moltemplate
Submitter:
Chris Lamb
Date:
2026-09-30 05:41:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1131168#5
Date:
2026-03-18 14:14:03 UTC
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To:
Hi,

Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0], we noticed that
moltemplate could not be built reproducibly.

This is because the LaTeX-based documentation includes the current
build date. This can be specified to use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH through the
LaTeX-specific FORCE_SOURCE_DATE environment variable.

Patch attached.

 [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/


Regards,
#1131168#10
Date:
2026-09-22 21:00:08 UTC
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To:
I can confirm this issue is still present and the patch still applies.

I would like to perform a Non-Maintainer Upload (NMU) to apply this
patch and fix the issue sometime in the coming weeks.

Please let me know fi there are outstanding concerns.

live well,
  vagrant
#1131168#15
Date:
2026-09-22 21:14:10 UTC
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To:
No problem.  Thanks for attending to it.

Drew
#1131168#20
Date:
2026-09-22 21:51:04 UTC
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Nice quick response!

Ok, I took the liberty of uploading to DELAYED/1, debdiff attached, and
will prepare a merge request to hopefully simplfy the process of getting
it into VCS. :)

live well,
  vagrant
#1131168#25
Date:
2026-09-30 05:33:17 UTC
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To:
moltemplate (2.22.5-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Non-maintainer upload.

  [ Chris Lamb ]
  * debian/rules: Set FORCE_SOURCE_DATE to ensure reproducible
    documentation. (Fixes: #1131168)