texlive packages such as texlive-luatex are not reproducible

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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 3 Oct 14:19 +0200
texlive-luatex is not reproducible
(name . bug-guix)(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
87wmipfkfu.fsf@gmail.com
Hello,
This was discovered building texlive-luatex twice (--rounds=2 -K);
diffoscope shows that:
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? ? ? ? ??? +++ /gnu/store/jyfqmfrhg3m0njdy8yi0qrgqfilaldf2-texlive-luatex-2024.2-check/share/texmf-dist/web2c/luatex/dviluatex.fmt
? ? ? ? ? ??? dviluatex.fmt-content
? ? ? ? ? ?? xxd not available in path. Falling back to Python hexlify.
? ? ? ? ? ? @@ -231852,20 +231852,20 @@
? ? ? ? ? ? 3373796c203174696d20327431696e203174696f203574697120746934752072
? ? ? ? ? ? 733565722e2031746976206d65347461206c75737334203174697a206d653174
? ? ? ? ? ? 65206d34657472207561356e612074356c612075616e3469206c3576656e2075
? ? ? ? ? ? 74696f6e3561206c35766574342074356c6f20746d653420747261336220746f
? ? ? ? ? ? 33622032746f6620747261733420756172326420746f7332206572346e697320
? ? ? ? ? ? 7561723369203465726e6974203565726e697a20756172337420346669636174
? ? ? ? ? ? 6520347561622075616334203174726120753161742075623465207561763420
? ? ? ? ? ? -75316234692000000000aa206f626c69672d612d746f7279206465632d6c692d
? ? ? ? ? ? -6e612d74696f6e2061732d736f2d6369617465732061732d736f2d6369617465
? ? ? ? ? ? -20726563692d70726f636974792072652d636f672d6e692d7a616e6365207265
? ? ? ? ? ? -742d72692d62752d74696f6e207265662d6f722d6d612d74696f6e2070726f6a
? ? ? ? ? ? -656374732074612d626c652070726573656e7473207068696c2d616e2d746872
? ? ? ? ? ? -6f7069632070726f6a6563742070726573656e74000000000100000001000000
? ? ? ? ? ? +75316234692000000000aa2070726573656e74732074612d626c652070726573
? ? ? ? ? ? +656e74206465632d6c692d6e612d74696f6e2070726f6a6563742061732d736f
? ? ? ? ? ? +2d636961746573207265662d6f722d6d612d74696f6e207265742d72692d6275
? ? ? ? ? ? +2d74696f6e2072652d636f672d6e692d7a616e63652061732d736f2d63696174
? ? ? ? ? ? +6520726563692d70726f63697479206f626c69672d612d746f72792070726f6a
? ? ? ? ? ? +65637473207068696c2d616e2d7468726f706963000000000100000001000000
? ? ? ? ? ? 2d000000000000000000000000ffffffff00041d8d7562326c20327472656220
? ? ? ? ? ? 32747265632032743372656420327433726567206d65733473616c2075633163
? ? ? ? ? ? 20327433726568206d65733473616e2032743372656b2032743372656c202e66
? ? ? ? ? ? 6cc3b636733573656e2e20753163692074327279206d65733473617520753163
? ? ? ? ? ? 6c20757333c3a47320756175327320676133756e74206d657334736179207472
? ? ? ? ? ? 3465327520753364326120327433726576206e7433c3a46e64206e653473616c
? ? ? ? ? ? 20753163722074327333733220747265337820747374322032743372657a202e
? ? ? ? ? ? @@ -268094,99 +268094,99 @@
? ? ? ? ? ? 2033746f2e2074336c612074336c692068696537726f6e792074336c6f206161
? ? ? ? ? ? 74367374692069653673377461616c207661346b6573206d616e366e2d70206e
? ? ? ? ? ? 7661366c697320c3af6e35756e642073356b616b7420347472616620616c6937
? ? ? ? ? ? 676c617320753462336167203473356b616c662033746f672075626173342074
? ? ? ? ? ? 7261743420746f3173207661356b69652065336b616e2061726b366c6f73202e
? ? ? ? ? ? 7369377261672e2065657273376c616d2034736b61722e202e7a653575732034
? ? ? ? ? ? 736b616e742061723664356167742075623366206e6534726f73200000000a9b
? ? ? ? ? ? -20706161726c2d6f6f7320646575722d737765722d776520706f652d746f652d
? ? ? ? ? ? -706170207672652d6465732d656e2d67656c206f6d2d6d652d7377616169206f
? ? ? ? ? ? -2d72612d676965206c616e672d7465722d6d796e2d696d2d70616b20696e2d74
? ? ? ? ? ? -77792d66656c2d7472656b2d6b696e672076616c2d726565702d6c6565722067
? ? ? ? ? ? -652d626564732d6b65742d74696e6720626161642d6a69652d6d6f752d652064
? ? ? ? ? ? -72756b2d6b65722d666f6e7473206c696d662d776565662d73656c206b616d2d
? ? ? ? ? ? -7374692d676520737472652d706965732d6665722d7765656c2064692d612d6c
? ? ? ? ? ? -656b2d776f6f722d64652d626f656b20747769732d61702d70656c206d61616e
[...]
These are apparently time stamps as well as UUIDs. Debian [0, 1] and
NixOS [1] have patched some of them using faketime and substitute [0].
We should follow suite.
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Thanks,
Maxim
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 3 Oct 15:24 +0200
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retitle 73613 texlive packages such as texlive-luatex are not reproducible
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 4 Oct 02:25 +0200
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87ldz4emu9.fsf@gmail.com
severity 73613 important
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 4 Oct 02:25 +0200
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merge 73613 48455
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