From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: bug#28241: man page in r-minimal contains timestamp Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 02:46:17 +0200 Message-ID: <87378dvnvq.fsf@elephly.net> References: <878ti6v60s.fsf@elephly.net> <877exqv5hx.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48735) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dlljF-0005rd-WA for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2017 20:47:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dlljC-00077J-Ui for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2017 20:47:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48238) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dlljC-00077C-RV for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2017 20:47:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dlljC-0003N8-IV for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2017 20:47:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-reply-to: <877exqv5hx.fsf@elephly.net> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 28241@debbugs.gnu.org Ricardo Wurmus 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. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net