Bug#972559: perl: please make the build mostly reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: perl
Version: 5.30.3-4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: buildpath
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

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

This is because it ships a number of build-related header files that
include the build path in various guises. Assuming these files are
actually useful in the binary package, a patch is attached that
sanitises these in debian/rules prior to the final creation of the .deb.

To be clear, Perl is not entirely reproducible with this change — I
need to address the variations added between a /usr-merged system and
one that is not. That part should be incoming soon.

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


Regards,

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