GNU bug report logs - #24112
xorg-server 1.18.1 is not bit-reproducible

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: xorg-server 1.18.1 is not bit-reproducible
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 11:24:30 +0200

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Like this:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ diff --no-dereference -ur /gnu/store/bphkp3xdxch64299iv92xmklrda2lhpi-xorg-server-1.18.1{,-check}
Binary files /gnu/store/bphkp3xdxch64299iv92xmklrda2lhpi-xorg-server-1.18.1/bin/Xorg and /gnu/store/bphkp3xdxch64299iv92xmklrda2lhpi-xorg-server-1.18.1-check/bin/Xorg differ
$ diffoscope --html t.html /gnu/store/bphkp3xdxch64299iv92xmklrda2lhpi-xorg-server-1.18.1{,-check}/bin/Xorg
$ git describe
v0.10.0-2233-gb6e59b1
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The Diffoscope output shows offsets in the code.

Ludo’.

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Message #10 received at 24112-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: 24112-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24112: xorg-server 1.18.1 is not bit-reproducible
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:03:19 +0100

Fixed:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=c2eb8cd98c82277e851eb4302b7f12614e215a76

Ludo’.

Message #13 received at 24112-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: 24112-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24112: xorg-server 1.18.1 is not bit-reproducible
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:34:47 +0100

+             ;; The default is to use "uname -srm", which captures the kernel
+             ;; version and makes builds non-reproducible.
+             "--with-os-name=GNU"
+
+             "--with-os-vendor=GuixSD"    ;not strictly needed, but looks nice

Isn't that the wrong way around?

Message #16 received at 24112-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Cc: 24112-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24112: xorg-server 1.18.1 is not bit-reproducible
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:21:20 +0100

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org> skribis:

> +             ;; The default is to use "uname -srm", which captures the kernel
> +             ;; version and makes builds non-reproducible.
> +             "--with-os-name=GNU"
> +
> +             "--with-os-vendor=GuixSD"    ;not strictly needed, but looks nice
>
> Isn't that the wrong way around?

The OS is arguably “GNU”, and if we assume that “vendor” really means
“distro”, that sounds about right.  Not that it matters much anyway.
:-)

Ludo’.

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