Notes for apt-dpkg-ref - reproducible builds result

Version annotated: 5.3.1+nmu1
Identified issues:
Identifier: timestamps_in_ps_generated_by_dvips
Description eg. %%CreationDate (or DVIPSSource?) in header
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https://sources.debian.net/src/texlive-bin/latest/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftex.web/#L14449
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DVIPSSource date Can be set to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH by setting FORCE_SOURCE_DATE to 1.
Identifier: timestamps_in_dvi_generated_by_latex
URL https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInDviGeneratedByLaTeX
Description The creation date of the DVI file is the current time.
Identifier: random_id_in_pdf_generated_by_dblatex
URL http://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2017-June/040398.html
Description eg.
/ID [<1ebdbec86dcab3e39cf225470b799ae8> <1ebdbec86dcab3e39cf225470b799ae8>]
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Not caused by build path nor by the minute used to build at least.
Intermediate "--tempdir=docbuild" has no differences.
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ID is varying because texlive generates it based on the build path, see also
pdf_id_varying_due_to_build_path issue.
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(This might be tagged the same as random_order_of_pdf_ids_generated_by_latex)
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(Or http://sources.debian.net/src/texlive-bin/latest/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftex.web/#L20122-L20129)
 

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