Fedora change aims for 99% package reproducibility [LWN.net]
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    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 days ago

      “given the same source code, build environment and build instructions, any party can recreate bit-by-bit identical copies of all specified artifacts”

      NixOS does not guarantee bit-by-bit identical results. NixOS hashes the inputs and provides a reproducible build environment but this does not necessarily mean the artifacts are identical.

      E.g. if a build somehow includes a timestamp, each build will have a different checksum.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          7 days ago

          given the same source code, build environment and build instructions, any party can recreate bit-by-bit identical copies of all specified artifacts

          That’s how Fedora defines it. I’m not sure of Nix OS meets this but I think Nix and Fedora have two very different use cases.