Bug#842550: the: please make the build reproducible

[Reiner Herrmann]

Source: the
Version: 3.3~rc1-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps locale
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi!

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.

Regards,
 Reiner

[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
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