Re: [Tracker] Meson build instructions for Tracker

[Michael Biebl <mbiebl gmail com>]

2017-03-31 0:12 GMT+02:00 Sam Thursfield <ssssam gmail com>:
> On 3/30/17, Michael Biebl <mbiebl gmail com> wrote:

> > So a git archive tarball would be fine with me.
>
> That's good to know! We did wonder if regenerating the .c files each
> build would have implications for reproducible-builds, but I guess if
> there are issues there it's better to fix them now than ignore them.

You are right, there is indeed an issue with valac and reproducible builds:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802528

I guess this should be fixed in vala proper though.

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of shipping pre-generated files in a
dist tarball. As soon you need to patch one of the source files you
need to regenerate it anyway. So it's better to do it always.

Regards,
Michael

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