Rebuilds of perl are not reproducible (as defined in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ReproduciblePackageBuilds). The top level summary looks like this: perl-5.40.0-512.fc42.src perl-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Attribute-Handlers-1.03-512.fc42.noarch perl-AutoLoader-5.74-512.fc42.noarch perl-AutoSplit-5.74-512.fc42.noarch perl-B-1.89-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-B-debuginfo-1.89-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Benchmark-1.25-512.fc42.noarch perl-Class-Struct-0.68-512.fc42.noarch perl-Config-Extensions-0.03-512.fc42.noarch perl-DBM_Filter-0.06-512.fc42.noarch perl-Devel-Peek-1.34-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Devel-Peek-debuginfo-1.34-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Devel-SelfStubber-1.06-512.fc42.noarch perl-DirHandle-1.05-512.fc42.noarch perl-Dumpvalue-2.27-512.fc42.noarch perl-DynaLoader-1.56-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-English-1.11-512.fc42.noarch perl-Errno-1.38-512.fc42.x86_64 modified-S.5........ /usr/lib64/perl5/Errno.pm perl-ExtUtils-Constant-0.25-512.fc42.noarch perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.35-512.fc42.noarch perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl-1.14-512.fc42.noarch perl-Fcntl-1.18-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Fcntl-debuginfo-1.18-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-File-Basename-2.86-512.fc42.noarch perl-File-Compare-1.100.800-512.fc42.noarch perl-File-Copy-2.41-512.fc42.noarch perl-File-DosGlob-1.12-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-File-DosGlob-debuginfo-1.12-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-File-Find-1.44-512.fc42.noarch perl-File-stat-1.14-512.fc42.noarch perl-FileCache-1.10-512.fc42.noarch perl-FileHandle-2.05-512.fc42.noarch perl-FindBin-1.54-512.fc42.noarch perl-GDBM_File-1.24-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-GDBM_File-debuginfo-1.24-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Getopt-Std-1.14-512.fc42.noarch perl-Hash-Util-0.32-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Hash-Util-FieldHash-1.27-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Hash-Util-FieldHash-debuginfo-1.27-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Hash-Util-debuginfo-0.32-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-I18N-Collate-1.02-512.fc42.noarch perl-I18N-LangTags-0.45-512.fc42.noarch perl-I18N-Langinfo-0.24-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-I18N-Langinfo-debuginfo-0.24-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-IO-1.55-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-IO-debuginfo-1.55-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-IPC-Open3-1.22-512.fc42.noarch perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-512.fc42.noarch perl-Math-Complex-1.62-512.fc42.noarch perl-Memoize-1.16-512.fc42.noarch perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-512.fc42.noarch perl-NDBM_File-1.17-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-NDBM_File-debuginfo-1.17-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-NEXT-0.69-512.fc42.noarch perl-Net-1.04-512.fc42.noarch perl-ODBM_File-1.18-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-ODBM_File-debuginfo-1.18-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Opcode-1.65-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Opcode-debuginfo-1.65-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-POSIX-2.20-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-POSIX-debuginfo-2.20-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Pod-Functions-1.14-512.fc42.noarch perl-Pod-Html-1.35-512.fc42.noarch perl-Safe-2.46-512.fc42.noarch perl-Search-Dict-1.07-512.fc42.noarch perl-SelectSaver-1.02-512.fc42.noarch perl-SelfLoader-1.27-512.fc42.noarch perl-Symbol-1.09-512.fc42.noarch perl-Sys-Hostname-1.25-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Sys-Hostname-debuginfo-1.25-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Term-Complete-1.403-512.fc42.noarch perl-Term-ReadLine-1.17-512.fc42.noarch perl-Test-1.31-512.fc42.noarch perl-Text-Abbrev-1.02-512.fc42.noarch perl-Thread-3.05-512.fc42.noarch perl-Thread-Semaphore-2.13-512.fc42.noarch perl-Tie-4.6-512.fc42.noarch perl-Tie-File-1.09-512.fc42.noarch perl-Tie-Memoize-1.1-512.fc42.noarch perl-Time-1.04-512.fc42.noarch perl-Time-Piece-1.3401-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Time-Piece-debuginfo-1.3401-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-Unicode-UCD-0.78-512.fc42.noarch perl-User-pwent-1.05-512.fc42.noarch perl-autouse-1.11-512.fc42.noarch perl-base-2.27-512.fc42.noarch perl-blib-1.07-512.fc42.noarch perl-debugger-1.60-512.fc42.noarch perl-debuginfo-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-debugsource-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-deprecate-0.04-512.fc42.noarch perl-devel-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 modified-S.5........ /usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/config.h perl-diagnostics-1.40-512.fc42.noarch perl-doc-5.40.0-512.fc42.noarch perl-encoding-warnings-0.14-512.fc42.noarch perl-fields-2.27-512.fc42.noarch perl-filetest-1.03-512.fc42.noarch perl-if-0.61.000-512.fc42.noarch perl-interpreter-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-interpreter-debuginfo-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-less-0.03-512.fc42.noarch perl-lib-0.65-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-libnetcfg-5.40.0-512.fc42.noarch perl-libs-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 modified-S.5........ /usr/lib64/perl5/Config.pm modified-S.5........ /usr/lib64/perl5/Config_heavy.pl perl-libs-debuginfo-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-locale-1.12-512.fc42.noarch perl-macros-5.40.0-512.fc42.noarch perl-meta-notation-5.40.0-512.fc42.noarch perl-mro-1.29-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-mro-debuginfo-1.29-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-open-1.13-512.fc42.noarch perl-overload-1.37-512.fc42.noarch perl-overloading-0.02-512.fc42.noarch perl-ph-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-sigtrap-1.10-512.fc42.noarch perl-sort-2.05-512.fc42.noarch perl-subs-1.04-512.fc42.noarch perl-tests-5.40.0-512.fc42.x86_64 perl-utils-5.40.0-512.fc42.noarch modified-..5........ /usr/bin/perlbug modified-..5........ /usr/bin/perlthanks perl-vars-1.05-512.fc42.noarch perl-vmsish-1.04-512.fc42.noarch (The format is package name followed by rpmdiff output.) This seems very strange. This appears to check the kernel version which seems not useful: │ ├── ./usr/lib64/perl5/Errno.pm │ │ @@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ │ │ │ │ package Errno; │ │ use Exporter 'import'; │ │ use strict; │ │ │ │ use Config; │ │ "$Config{'archname'}-$Config{'osvers'}" eq │ │ -"x86_64\-linux\-thread\-multi-6\.10\.11\-200\.fc40\.x86_64" or │ │ - die "Errno architecture (x86_64\-linux\-thread\-multi-6\.10\.11\-200\.fc40\.x86_64) does not match executable architecture ($Config{'archname'}-$Config{'osvers'})"; │ │ +"x86_64\-linux\-thread\-multi-6\.8\.5\-301\.fc40\.x86_64" or │ │ + die "Errno architecture (x86_64\-linux\-thread\-multi-6\.8\.5\-301\.fc40\.x86_64) does not match executable architecture ($Config{'archname'}-$Config{'osvers'})"; │ │ config.h embeds the kernel version too and doesn't use $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. This is bad for build reproducibility, but seems harmless otherwise. I'd appreciate if this could be changed so that perl builds reproducibly: │ ├── ./usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/config.h │ │ @@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ │ │ * Feel free to modify any of this as the need arises. Note, however, │ │ * that running config_h.SH again will wipe out any changes you've made. │ │ * For a more permanent change edit config.sh and rerun config_h.SH. │ │ */ │ │ │ │ /* Package name : perl5 │ │ * Source directory : . │ │ - * Configuration time: Tue Oct 15 13:32:58 UTC 2024 │ │ + * Configuration time: Wed Oct 16 16:39:30 UTC 2024 │ │ * Configured by : Red Hat, Inc. │ │ - * Target system : linux 52ff0ae90ecc4ff680ae8bae4f0c74ee 6.10.11-200.fc40.x86_64 #1 smp preempt_dynamic wed sep 18 21:09:58 utc 2024 x86_64 gnulinux │ │ + * Target system : linux a8f9732ea7f54097bc9b1a8394e8ab42 6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64 #1 smp preempt_dynamic thu apr 11 20:00:10 utc 2024 x86_64 gnulinux │ │ */ │ │ │ │ #ifndef _config_h_ │ │ #define _config_h_ │ │ │ │ /* LOC_SED: │ │ * This symbol holds the complete pathname to the sed program. │ │ @@ -1365,15 +1365,15 @@ │ │ */ │ │ /* OSVERS: │ │ * This symbol contains the version of the operating system, as determined │ │ * by Configure. You shouldn't rely on it too much; the specific │ │ * feature tests from Configure are generally more reliable. │ │ */ │ │ #define OSNAME "linux" /**/ │ │ -#define OSVERS "6.10.11-200.fc40.x86_64" /**/ │ │ +#define OSVERS "6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64" /**/ The last two files are similar: │ ├── ./usr/lib64/perl5/Config.pm │ │ @@ -101 +101 @@ │ │ - osvers => '6.10.11-200.fc40.x86_64', │ │ + osvers => '6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64', │ ├── ./usr/lib64/perl5/Config_heavy.pl │ │ @@ -78 +78 @@ │ │ -## Configuration time: Tue Oct 15 13:32:58 UTC 2024 │ │ +## Configuration time: Wed Oct 16 16:39:30 UTC 2024 │ │ @@ -80 +80 @@ │ │ -## Target system : linux 52ff0ae90ecc4ff680ae8bae4f0c74ee 6.10.11-200.fc40.x86_64 #1 smp preempt_dynamic wed sep 18 21:09:58 utc 2024 x86_64 gnulinux │ │ +## Target system : linux a8f9732ea7f54097bc9b1a8394e8ab42 6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64 #1 smp preempt_dynamic thu apr 11 20:00:10 utc 2024 x86_64 gnulinux │ │ @@ -236 +236 @@ │ │ -cf_time='Tue Oct 15 13:32:58 UTC 2024' │ │ +cf_time='Wed Oct 16 16:39:30 UTC 2024' │ │ @@ -1180 +1180 @@ │ │ -myuname='linux 52ff0ae90ecc4ff680ae8bae4f0c74ee 6.10.11-200.fc40.x86_64 #1 smp preempt_dynamic wed sep 18 21:09:58 utc 2024 x86_64 gnulinux ' │ │ +myuname='linux a8f9732ea7f54097bc9b1a8394e8ab42 6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64 #1 smp preempt_dynamic thu apr 11 20:00:10 utc 2024 x86_64 gnulinux ' │ │ @@ -1209 +1209 @@ │ │ -osvers='6.10.11-200.fc40.x86_64' │ │ +osvers='6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64' Reproducible: Always
FEDORA-2025-8036e7439f (perl-5.40.0-513.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-8036e7439f
FEDORA-2025-8036e7439f (perl-5.40.0-513.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.