Reproducible Builds in January 2022

Re:Reproducible Builds in January 2022 by smartineng on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:32AM (#30231208)

Its a pitty that Linux itself still cannot be bootstrapped without the Linux env - at least no one has done it yet. Anyway thanks to this reproducible-builds efforts maybe the awarness of this serious problem will grow and we will see more support into the projects like https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap , https://niedzejkob.p4.team/bootstrap/

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Re:Reproducible Builds in January 2022 by emidln on Sunday February 06, 2022 @09:14AM (#30232630)

I admit I've never tried this, but the Linux kernel seems like just another C program. What's to stop me from installing GNU Make, GNU coreutils, gcc, and binutils cross compiled to target x86_64-linux-elf and bootstrap this? It doesn't sound especially useful, but it does sound like something that would be possible if you focused on it.

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Re:Reproducible Builds in January 2022 by sanxiyn on Sunday February 06, 2022 @09:55AM (#30233010)

Yes, it should work. You aren't in any disagreement actually. It's just that no one has done it yet, but should have.

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