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Using Docker without any package manager doing this job would be a completely different story.
And btw, you can also use Nix to build docker images. For example, here is what would be the equivalent of a Dockerfile but with Nix: https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#ex-dockerTools-buildImage
> the DockerFiles themselves can also describe a reproducible process
It's trickier. You need to pin all versions of all packages you use, even indirect dependencies.
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Using Docker without any package manager doing this job would be a completely different story.
And btw, you can also use Nix to build docker images. For example, here is what would be the equivalent of a Dockerfile but with Nix: https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#ex-dockerTools-buildImage
> the DockerFiles themselves can also describe a reproducible process
It's trickier. You need to pin all versions of all packages you use, even indirect dependencies.