Re: Reproducible builds ...

2016-12-23 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hi; On 12/21/16 11:54, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hello; It would be important to work on Reproducible builds: https://reproducible-builds.org/ The first issue to be resolved is that the executable should NOT carry the date it was built. We could carry the SVN revision value instead. Perhaps

Reproducible builds ...

2016-12-21 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hello; It would be important to work on Reproducible builds: https://reproducible-builds.org/ The first issue to be resolved is that the executable should NOT carry the date it was built. We could carry the SVN revision value instead. Perhaps someone may be interested in hunting down here

Reproducible builds

2015-12-04 Thread Pedro Giffuni
checksums we generate actually have a meaning? Can people downloading the source code actually rebuild the application and obtain the same checksum we are asking them to trust? Proponents of reproducible builds mention the case of tainted toolchains, like the trojanized SDK that recently hit a mobile