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Re: pkg/52241 (graphics/netpbm does not compile on Solaris 10)



* On 2018-02-21 at 14:27 GMT, Joern Clausen wrote:

> > Is that sufficient?
> 
> Yes and no...
> 
> buildtools/stamp-date is now executed, but the generated file "compile.h"
> contains
> 
> #define BUILD_DATETIME %s
> 
> because Solaris-10's "date" (or strftime, to be precise) does not know about
> "%s". This breaks compilation of libpm.c.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that when I opened the PR, replacing the shell was the only
> fix necessary. Either BUILD_DATETIME wasn't there, or someone changed the
> format definition? Judging from the use of BUILD_DATETIME in libpm.c,
> anything else than a numeral should not work. I personally would prefer
> 
> date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S
> 
> as it is more readable anyway. Using gdate is probably the easier fix in
> pkgsrc, though.

The better fix would be to remove it completely so that we move one
step closer to reproducible builds.

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Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com


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