30 sats \ 0 replies \ @jurraca 26 Oct
yea fair. Just using nix doesnt make things reproducible, hope thats clear to everyone. NixOS the operating system, def not reproducible off the bat. My god is it hard to explain what Nix does ugh.
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39 sats \ 2 replies \ @xz 26 Oct
Are reproducable and deterministic builds the same thing? I'm more confused now after reading that.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @OriginalSize 27 Oct
Yes, they're the same. His point is that the bit-by-bit reproducible part is the derivation, like a recipe, rather than the binaries that exist at a particular end state.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @xz 27 Oct
Thanks. That's much clearer now.
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