GNU bug report logs - #28241
man page in r-minimal contains timestamp

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 13:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 28241-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: 28241-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28241: man page in r-minimal contains timestamp
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:53:39 +0200

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:
>
>> Is SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH not set at the time help2man runs?  “r-minimal”
>> uses the gnu-build-system, which has a build phase set-SOURCE-DATE-EPOCH
>> that sets SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to 1.
>>
>> Where is this lost?
>
> Simple: R simply doesn’t use our help2man.  It comes with
> tools/help2man.pl, which does not respect SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
>
> Overwriting the HELP2MAN variable causes the tests to fail, so I need to
> investigate how these versions differ.

This is now fixed with commit 174fbd5f3b2f286cf06e58787853db6b8f0f5b35.

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Ricardo

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