Re:Status update from the Reproducible Builds project
by closeparen on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:54AM
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Why would the randomness in unit tests affect the binary? RNGs are invoked when the tests are run, not when they're built, and anyway, test code shouldn't be part of the final binary.
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Re:Status update from the Reproducible Builds project
by davexunit on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:23AM
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The test suite is used to validate the build. Intermittently failing test suite -> intermittently failing build. You can always disable running a problematic test suite, but that doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the result.