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From: Runciter <runciter <at> whispers-vpn.org>
To: 74411 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#74411] freedict-dictionaries build non-deterministic
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 06:37:39 +0000

The build of the package freedict-dictionaries is non-deterministic, at
least because the output dictionaries are compressed by the utility
dictzip, which includes a timestamp in the compressed file headers.

I have not confirmed it yet but I think I could fix it: it would involve
a patch to the freedict-tools package, and then output dictionaries of
freedict-dictionaries would not be compressed.

The maintainers should just tell me if it's worth it to fix
non-determinism in this way: we have to carry forward a patch (unless a
better idea comes up), and we lose the benefit of compressing the outputs.

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