[avrdude-dev] [bug #48084] Avoid compiled-in timestamp for reproducible release builds

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                 Summary: Avoid compiled-in timestamp for reproducible release
builds
                 Project: AVR Downloader/UploaDEr
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 02 Jun 2016 02:05:08 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Ed Maste
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

While investigating avrdude for reproducible builds in FreeBSD I found that
the only nonreproducibility is the "Compiled on" string:

pig1# diffoscope 3be62d02dc27d0db269d88967fa790ffb64c25a6-build1/All/$P
3be62d02dc27d0db269d88967fa790ffb64c25a6-build2/All/$P
--- 3be62d02dc27d0db269d88967fa790ffb64c25a6-build1/All/avrdude-6.1_1.txz
+++ 3be62d02dc27d0db269d88967fa790ffb64c25a6-build2/All/avrdude-6.1_1.txz
├── avrdude-6.1_1.txz-content
│   ├── +MANIFEST
[...]
│   ├── /usr/local/bin/avrdude
│   │   ├── readelf --wide --hex-dump=.rodata {}
│   │   │ @@ -65,16 +65,16 @@
│   │   │    0x0044ba90 696c6564 206f6e20 25732061 74202573 iled on %s
at %s
│   │   │    0x0044baa0 0a257343 6f707972 69676874 20286329 .%sCopyright
(c)
│   │   │    0x0044bab0 20323030 302d3230 30352042 7269616e  2000-2005
Brian
│   │   │    0x0044bac0 20446561 6e2c2068 7474703a 2f2f7777  Dean,
http://ww
│   │   │    0x0044bad0 772e6264 6d696372 6f2e636f 6d2f0a25
w.bdmicro.com/.%
│   │   │    0x0044bae0 73436f70 79726967 68742028 63292032 sCopyright
(c) 2
│   │   │    0x0044baf0 3030372d 32303134 204a6f65 72672057 007-2014
Joerg W
│   │   │ -  0x0044bb00 756e7363 680a0a00 4d617920 32332032 unsch...May
23 2
│   │   │ -  0x0044bb10 30313600 30343a35 393a3430 00257353
016.04:59:40.%sS
│   │   │ +  0x0044bb00 756e7363 680a0a00 4d617920 32362032 unsch...May
26 2
│   │   │ +  0x0044bb10 30313600 32313a34 313a3139 00257353
016.21:41:19.%sS
│   │   │    0x0044bb20 79737465 6d207769 64652063 6f6e6669 ystem wide
confi
│   │   │    0x0044bb30 67757261 74696f6e 2066696c 65206973 guration
file is
│   │   │    0x0044bb40 20222573 220a0025 733a2065 72726f72  "%s"..%s:
error
│   │   │    0x0044bb50 20726561 64696e67 20737973 74656d20  reading
system 
│   │   │    0x0044bb60 77696465 20636f6e 66696775 72617469 wide
configurati
│   │   │    0x0044bb70 6f6e2066 696c6520 22257322 0a002573 on file
"%s"..%s
│   │   │    0x0044bb80 55736572 20636f6e 66696775 72617469 User
configurati
│   │   ╵
│   ╵
╵

Debian has a patch to just remove the timestamps: 
http://sources.debian.net/src/avrdude/6.3-1/debian/patches/no-cpp-timestamps.patch/

Discussed with Joerg which resulted in this suggestion:
>
> Well, that timestamp is somehow meaningful for people who
> are actively participating in the development process, but
> I agree it's pointless for a released version.
>
> I'd like to come up with some kind of autoconf magic that
> drops the timestamp for releases, while retaining it for
> non-released software.

Filing here as an enhancement request.
Joerg suggested instead having some sort of autoconf switch to set a "release
build" mode




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