From 79624befa1a41e0ea237a4654209a1c08524374c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Wurmus Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:43:16 +0200 Subject: gnu: r-with-tests: Work around reproducibility problem. Fixes . * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-with-tests)[arguments]: Avoid reproducibility problem by patching problematic sequence of characters in DESCRIPTION file template. --- gnu/packages/statistics.scm | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'gnu') diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm index bebd574f41..3f65e6afa5 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm @@ -269,6 +269,15 @@ as.POSIXct(if (\"\" != Sys.getenv(\"SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH\")) {\ (substitute* "tools/help2man.pl" (("my \\$date = strftime \"%B %Y\", localtime" line) (string-append line " 1")))) + + ;; The "References" section of this file when converted to + ;; package.rds is sometimes stored with a newline, sometimes with + ;; a space. We avoid this problem by adding characters to break + ;; up the series of line break and spaces that is suspected to be + ;; the culprit. + (substitute* "src/library/methods/DESCRIPTION.in" + ((" ``Software") + " -- ``Software")) #t)) (add-before 'build 'set-locales (lambda _ -- cgit v1.2.3