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Re: [tor-bugs] #18291 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Don't use libfaketime anymore for building the Firefox part of Tor Browser



#18291: Don't use libfaketime anymore for building the Firefox part of Tor Browser
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  defect                               |  team
 Priority:  Medium                               |         Status:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |  needs_review
 Severity:  Normal                               |      Milestone:
 Keywords:  tbb-gitian, ff45-esr,                |        Version:
  TorBrowserTeam201605, GeorgKoppen201605        |     Resolution:
Parent ID:                                       |  Actual Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |         Points:
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Changes (by boklm):

 * status:  needs_revision => needs_review


Comment:

 The branch bug_18291-v3 has new comments listing which parts are not
 reproducible.
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/boklm/tor-browser-
 bundle.git/log/?h=bug_18291-v3

 It is adding the following comments:
 {{{
 diff --git a/gitian/descriptors/linux/gitian-utils.yml
 b/gitian/descriptors/linux/gitian-utils.yml
 index 723cd1842d6e..0adcf5d43532 100644
 --- a/gitian/descriptors/linux/gitian-utils.yml
 +++ b/gitian/descriptors/linux/gitian-utils.yml
 @@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ script: |
    cd ..

    # Grabbing the remaining results and making sure timestamps don't spoil
 them
 +  # Since we stopped using libfaketime, the binutils, gcc, openssl,
 +  # libevent archives are no longer reproducible. The main reason
 +  # is that they include some .a archives which include timestamps.
 +  # Those files are however not part of the files we ship.
    cd $INSTDIR
    ~/build/dzip.sh binutils-$BINUTILS_VER-linux$GBUILD_BITS-utils.zip
 binutils
    ~/build/dzip.sh gcc-$GCC_VER-linux$GBUILD_BITS-utils.zip gcc
 diff --git a/gitian/descriptors/mac/gitian-utils.yml
 b/gitian/descriptors/mac/gitian-utils.yml
 index 63babd7eef5a..33db2e8925a2 100644
 --- a/gitian/descriptors/mac/gitian-utils.yml
 +++ b/gitian/descriptors/mac/gitian-utils.yml
 @@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ script: |
      make $MAKEOPTS
      make install
      cd $INSTDIR
 +    # Since we stopped using libfaketime, the clang archive is no longer
 +    # reproducible. The reason is that it includes some .a archives and
 +    # other files which include timestamps.
 +    # Those files are however not part of the files we ship.
      ~/build/dzip.sh clang-$CLANG_VER-linux64-wheezy-utils.zip clang
      cp *utils.zip $OUTDIR/
    else
 @@ -106,6 +110,10 @@ script: |
      cd ..

      # Grabbing the results
 +    # Since we stopped using libfaketime, the openssl archive is no
 +    # longer reproducible. The main reason is that it includes some .a
 +    # archives which include timestamps.
 +    # Those files are however not part of the files we ship.
      cd $INSTDIR
      ~/build/dzip.sh openssl-$OPENSSL_VER-mac64-utils.zip openssl
      ~/build/dzip.sh libevent-${LIBEVENT_TAG#release-}-mac64-utils.zip
 libevent
 diff --git a/gitian/descriptors/windows/gitian-utils.yml
 b/gitian/descriptors/windows/gitian-utils.yml
 index 8c77c8d62cea..0876bff114b5 100644
 --- a/gitian/descriptors/windows/gitian-utils.yml
 +++ b/gitian/descriptors/windows/gitian-utils.yml
 @@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ script: |
    cd ..

    # Grabbing the remaining results
 +  # Since we stopped using libfaketime, the gcc, gmp, zlib, openssl,
 +  # libevent, mingw-w64 archives are no longer reproducible. The main
 +  # reason is that they include some .a archives which include
 timestamps.
 +  # Those files are however not part of the files we ship.
    cd $INSTDIR
    # We might want to bump binutils independent of bumping mingw-w64.
    touch binutils-$BINUTILS_VER-win32-utils.zip
 }}}

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