[Reproducible-builds] [Debian Wiki] Update of "ReproducibleBuilds" by Lunar

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On 09/24/2014 05:07 PM, Debian Wiki wrote [lunar changed]:
> Comment:
> no need to run tests when rebuilding packages
>   
>   {{{
>   apt-get source --download-only acl
> - sudo pbuilder --build --basetgz /var/cache/pbuilder/base-reproducible.tgz acl_*.dsc
> + sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck pbuilder --build --basetgz /var/cache/pbuilder/base-reproducible.tgz acl_*.dsc
>   mkdir b1 b2
>   dcmd cp /var/cache/pbuilder/result/acl_*.changes b1
>   sudo dcmd rm /var/cache/pbuilder/result/acl_*.changes
> - sudo pbuilder --build --basetgz /var/cache/pbuilder/base-reproducible.tgz acl_*.dsc
> + sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck pbuilder --build --basetgz /var/cache/pbuilder/base-reproducible.tgz acl_*.dsc
>   dcmd cp /var/cache/pbuilder/result/acl_*.changes b2
>   sudo dcmd rm /var/cache/pbuilder/result/acl_*.changes
>   }}}

Out of curiosity, why do we not need to run tests when rebuilding?  The
r-b process *is* changing the way things are built and occasionally
tweaking files after they're built.  Why wouldn't we want to run the
tests in this case?

	--dkg

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