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List:       qubes-devel
Subject:    Re: [qubes-devel] Deterministic builds for Qubes OS -- the shortcut?
From:       "Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)" <rudd-o () rudd-o ! com>
Date:       2015-12-27 9:56:57
Message-ID: 567FB5E9.7010009 () rudd-o ! com
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On 12/25/2015 11:03 AM, HW42 wrote:
> 
> 
> I don't think NixOS makes reproducible build much easier. They have the
> same problem with timestamps, etc. as any distro. 

They actually do not.  Their build and package tools explicitly tackle
this problem.
> 
> You also need to consider other things when choosing an OS. For example
> the last time when I checked NixOS (for another problem, and ca. 1.5
> years ago so might be no longer correct) it had problems with timely
> security updates.

I'm using the latest NixOS.  They seem to have updated fine.  I'd like
to see more evidence of this particular point, though.

> 
> The only point where I think NixOS (and Guix [1] even more) has
> significant advantages in regards to reproducible builds is automatic
> complete boostraping of the whole distro.

This is a huge time saver.

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    Rudd-O
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