Bug#875847: qttools5-dev-tools: .qhc files not reproducible

[Laurent Bigonville]

Package: qttools5-dev-tools 
Version: 5.9.1-2
Severity: wishlist
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps toolchain

Hi,

It seems that qcollectiongenerator is generating files that are
containing the creation time of the qhc file (LastRegisterTime and
CreationTime), making them non-reproducible. See:
https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/diffoscope-results/setools.html

To make the build reproducible, qcollectiongenerator should probably be
patched to support SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to be able to pass the debian/changelog
date instead of the current date.

Regards,

Laurent Bigonville

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-rc7-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages qtchooser depends on:
ii  libc6       2.24-17
ii  libgcc1     1:7.2.0-4
ii  libstdc++6  7.2.0-4

qtchooser recommends no packages.

qtchooser suggests no packages.

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