[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#1120634: qcat: please make the build reproducible

[Chris Lamb]

Source: qcat
Version: 1.1.0-8
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: nocheck
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

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

This is because the package ships different contents depending on
whether the test are run; specifically, the modification time of
some files is different.

Patch attached that uses cp's --archive feature to maintain mtimes.

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


Regards,

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--- a/debian/rules	2025-11-13 08:01:52.735749374 -0800
--- b/debian/rules	2025-11-13 08:17:57.412317705 -0800
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
 
-export PYBUILD_BEFORE_TEST=cp -r {dir}/$(DEB_SOURCE)/test {build_dir}/$(DEB_SOURCE) ;
+export PYBUILD_BEFORE_TEST=cp -ar {dir}/$(DEB_SOURCE)/test {build_dir}/$(DEB_SOURCE) ;
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --buildsystem=pybuild