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Notes about issue timestamps_in_qhc in buster

Identifier: timestamps_in_qhc
Suites: unstable / trixie / bookworm / bullseye / buster / experimental
URL: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInDatabaseGeneratedByQhelpgenerator
Description: There has been done a lot of reproducible fixes in 5.5.0, so it is worth to
wait entering this version sid before retrying.
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qhelpgenerator inserts a timestamp into documentation (qhc) files,
which are sqlite3 databases. The timestamp used now respects
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, but is still affected by timezone.
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https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=Q_UNLIKELY.*SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH&literal=0
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sqlite3 databases appear to be reproducible in themselves, but qhelp
generator is using various file IDs which become non-deterministic due to
map access. For example
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https://sources.debian.net/src/qt4-x11/latest/tools/assistant/lib/qhelpgenerator.cpp/?hl=742#L742
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I suspect we just need a few sorts (and some time to build qt4-x11...)
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Also
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https://sources.debian.org/src/qttools-opensource-src/latest/src/assistant/help/qhelpcollectionhandler.cpp/?hl=1639#L1639
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debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/875847
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upstream bug https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-62697
Packages in 'buster' known to be affected by this issue:
(the 1/4 most-popular ones (within this issue) are underlined)

reproducible icon 27 reproducible packages in buster/amd64: attica-kf5 baloo-kf5 bluez-qt kcmutils kconfigwidgets kcontacts kpackage qt3d-opensource-src qtconnectivity-opensource-src qtdatavis3d-everywhere-src qtdoc-opensource-src qtgamepad-everywhere-src qtgraphicaleffects-opensource-src qtnetworkauth-everywhere-src qtquickcontrols-opensource-src qtquickcontrols2-opensource-src qtscript-opensource-src qtserialbus-everywhere-src qtserialport-opensource-src qtspeech-opensource-src qtsvg-opensource-src qtvirtualkeyboard-opensource-src qtwebsockets-opensource-src qtwebview-opensource-src qtx11extras-opensource-src qtxmlpatterns-opensource-src openorienteering-mapper+

FTBFS icon 1 FTBFS packages in buster/amd64: qbs

FTBR icon 5 unreproducible packages in buster/amd64: engauge-digitizer ktikz qtsensors-opensource-src qttools-opensource-src qtwebchannel-opensource-src

blacklisted icon 1 blacklisted packages in buster/amd64: octave

 

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