Bug#842550: the: please make the build reproducible

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Control: tags 842550 pending

On 2016-10-30, Reiner Herrmann wrote:
> While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
> that 'the' could not be built reproducibly.
> The sorting of the md5sums file varies with different locales, and the
> generated documentation contains build timestamps.
>
> The attached patch fixes this.

Upload an NMU to DELAYED/10 applying a variation of this patch:

diff -Nru the-3.3~rc1/debian/changelog the-3.3~rc1/debian/changelog
--- the-3.3~rc1/debian/changelog        2016-08-10 00:56:45.000000000 -0700
+++ the-3.3~rc1/debian/changelog        2022-10-06 15:12:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+the (3.3~rc1-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+
+  [ Reiner Herrmann ]
+  * Generate reproducible documentation (Closes: #842550)
+  * Sort the md5sums file. (Closes: #842550)
+
+ -- Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@reproducible-builds.org>  Thu, 06 Oct 2022 
15:12:42 -0700
+
 the (3.3~rc1-3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Applied patches from Maria Valentina Marin <marival...@gmail.com>
diff -Nru the-3.3~rc1/debian/md5_sums the-3.3~rc1/debian/md5_sums
--- the-3.3~rc1/debian/md5_sums 2010-01-28 09:34:54.000000000 -0800
+++ the-3.3~rc1/debian/md5_sums 2022-10-06 15:12:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 for TMPDIR; do
    find debian/${TMPDIR}/* -type f ! -regex "^debian/${TMPDIR}/DEBIAN/.*" \
                                  ! -regex "^debian/${TMPDIR}/etc/.*" | \
-                          sed s@debian/${TMPDIR}/@@g | sort > ${TMP_FILE}
+                          sed s@debian/${TMPDIR}/@@g | LC_ALL=C sort > 
${TMP_FILE}
    cd debian/${TMPDIR}  
    xargs < ../../${TMP_FILE} md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums
    cd ../../
diff -Nru 
the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch 
the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch
--- the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch   
1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch   
2022-10-06 15:12:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From: Reiner Herrmann <rei...@reiner-h.de>
+Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 12:47:53 +0100
+X-Dgit-Generated: 3.3~rc1-3.1 634e2b177616b31752934f174a55a6f70fe1f239
+Subject: Generate reproducible documentation (Closes: #842550)
+
+- Use fixed copyright year
+- Don't embed generation timestamp
+
+---
+
+diff --git a/man2html.rex b/man2html.rex
+index 4505f8c..2ab6ae5 100644
+--- a/man2html.rex
++++ b/man2html.rex
+@@ -1137,9 +1137,8 @@ Return
+ footing: Procedure Expose html_ext
+ Parse Arg src .
+ Say '<ADDRESS>'
+-Say 'The Hessling Editor is Copyright &copy; <A HREF = 
"http://www.rexx.org/";>Mark Hessling</A>, 1990-'Left( Date('S'), 4 )
++Say 'The Hessling Editor is Copyright &copy; <A HREF = 
"http://www.rexx.org/";>Mark Hessling</A>, 1990-2011'
+ Say '&lt;<A HREF = "mailto:m...@rexx.org";>m...@rexx.org</A>&gt;'
+-Say '<BR>Generated on:' Date()
+ Say '</ADDRESS><HR>'
+ If src \= 'TOC' Then Say 'Return to <A HREF = "index' || html_ext || '#TOC"> 
Table of Contents </A><BR>'
+ Say '</BODY> </HTML>'
+diff --git a/man2hv.rex b/man2hv.rex
+index 19bc63e..ad22752 100644
+--- a/man2hv.rex
++++ b/man2hv.rex
+@@ -1228,9 +1228,8 @@ Return
+ footing: Procedure Expose html_ext ?port ?slash ?os
+ Parse Arg fn src .
+ Call Lineout fn, '<ADDRESS>'
+-Call Lineout fn, 'The Hessling Editor is Copyright &copy; <A HREF = 
"http://www.rexx.org/";>Mark Hessling</A>, 1990-'Left( Date('S'), 4 )
++Call Lineout fn, 'The Hessling Editor is Copyright &copy; <A HREF = 
"http://www.rexx.org/";>Mark Hessling</A>, 1990-2011'
+ Call Lineout fn, '&lt;<A HREF = "mailto:m...@rexx.org";>m...@rexx.org</A>&gt;'
+-Call Lineout fn, '<BR>Generated on:' Date()
+ Call Lineout fn, '</ADDRESS><HR>'
+ If src \= 'TOC' Then Call Lineout fn, 'Return to <A HREF = "../index' || 
html_ext || '#TOC"> Table of Contents </A><BR>'
+ Call Lineout fn, '</BODY> </HTML>'
diff -Nru the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/series the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/series
--- the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/series   2012-06-30 08:20:52.000000000 -0700
+++ the-3.3~rc1/debian/patches/series   2022-10-06 15:12:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 az-patch-01
+generate-reproducible-documentation-clos.patch

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