--- a/debian/patches/reproducible-build.patch	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
--- b/debian/patches/reproducible-build.patch	2020-03-06 09:48:32.275964824 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Description: Make the build reproducible
+Author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
+Last-Update: 2020-03-06
+
+--- beep-1.4.3.orig/GNUmakefile
++++ beep-1.4.3/GNUmakefile
+@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ beep-usage.c: beep-usage.txt
+ 	echo '#include "beep-usage.h"' >> $@
+ 	echo 'char beep_usage[] =' >> $@
+ 	set -e; IFS=""; while read line; do \
+-		echo "  \"$${line}\\\\n\"" >> $@; \
++		printf '  "%s\\n"\n' "$${line}" >> $@; \
+ 	done < $<
+ 	echo '  ;' >> $@
+ 
--- a/debian/patches/series	2020-03-06 09:32:47.581446886 -0800
--- b/debian/patches/series	2020-03-06 09:48:30.835949009 -0800
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 beep-usage-fix-missing-terminating-doublequote-character.patch
 fix-debug-symbols.patch
+reproducible-build.patch