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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/statistics.scm13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index b4d95bdb71..133ce41c43 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ be output in text, PostScript, PDF or HTML.")
`(#:make-flags
(list (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
(assoc-ref %outputs "out")
- "/lib/R/lib"))
+ "/lib/R/lib")
+ ;; This affects the embedded timestamp of only the core packages.
+ "PKG_BUILT_STAMP=1970-01-01")
#:phases
(modify-phases %standard-phases
(add-before 'configure 'patch-uname
@@ -126,8 +128,13 @@ be output in text, PostScript, PDF or HTML.")
(substitute* "src/scripts/R.sh.in"
(("uname") uname-bin)))
#t))
- (add-before
- 'configure 'set-default-pager
+ (add-after 'unpack 'build-recommended-packages-reproducibly
+ (lambda _
+ (substitute* "src/library/Recommended/Makefile.in"
+ (("INSTALL_OPTS =.*" line)
+ (string-append line " --built-timestamp=1970-01-01")))
+ #t))
+ (add-before 'configure 'set-default-pager
;; Set default pager to "cat", because otherwise it is "false",
;; making "help()" print nothing at all.
(lambda _ (setenv "PAGER" "cat") #t))