Bug#985335: cdebootstrap: please make the build reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: cdebootstrap
Version: 0.7.8
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: filesystem
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

Whilst working on the Reproducible Builds effort [0] we noticed that
cdebootstrap could not be built reproducibly.

This is the because the embedded .tar file does not sort its entries
so it inherits the (non-deterministic) filesystem ordering.

Patch attached that adds --sort=name (next to --mtime=[..]) that makes
the build reproducible for me locally.

 [0] https://reproducible-builds.org/


Regards,

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