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Re:Deno: You don't need a build step by hobofan on Thursday March 02, 2023 @04:02PM (#35002027)
> `Dockerfile` from 10 years back would work today as well.

I highly doubt that any Dockerfile from back then would work if it runs `apt-get` (as many do), as the mirrors for the old distribution versions aren't online anymore.

Dockerfiles can be made to be quite deterministic, but many use `FROM` with unpinned tags and install from URLs that can and do go away.

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Re:Deno: You don't need a build step by Vaguely2178 on Thursday March 02, 2023 @05:12PM (#35002815)
Exactly! Dockerfiles are not deterministic. The build artifacts that they produce (images) are, but the same could be said of js build artifacts (which would be a set of compiled and bundled js files).
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