From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([217.72.192.75]:36167 "EHLO mout.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726388AbfIMG2i (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Sep 2019 02:28:38 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 08:28:11 +0200 From: Nicolas Schier Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kbuild: Add document about reproducible builds Message-ID: <20190913062811.GG8267@fjasle.eu> References: <20190911115353.yngbk6hf6gwctock@decadent.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190911115353.yngbk6hf6gwctock@decadent.org.uk> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Ben Hutchings Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Masahiro Yamada , Michal Marek , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, ab@php.net --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ben, thanks for that document, I really enjoyed reading it! On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 12:53:53PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst b/Documentation= /kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..4d988faf93b8 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/reproducible-builds.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ > +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > +Reproducible builds > +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > + > +It is generally desirable that the building the same source code with In this sentence, I think there is either one word to much (the first 'the') or some word is missing (e.h. 'of'). Kind regards, Nicolas > +the same set of tools is reproducible, i.e. the output is always > +exactly the same. This makes it possible to verify that the build > +infrastructure for a binary distribution or embedded system has not > +been subverted. This can also make it easier to verify that a source > +or tool change does not make any difference to the resulting binaries. --=20 epost: nicolas@fjasle.eu irc://oftc.net/nsc =E2=86=B3 gpg: 18ed 52db e34f 860e e9fb c82b 7d97 0932 55a0 ce7f -- frykten for herren er opphav til kunnskap -- --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEh0E3p4c3JKeBvsLGB1IKcBYmEmkFAl17NvcACgkQB1IKcBYm EmmVmQ//QH35Xc9OqVJkaK8WXJdIlEsfxgm4letcgAC8jDRDnKe3YoLKOvtvkarA lvSNUdeIpPEljqv3RBHbzehqPJo2ci6XG8/n94u7VzTvTkcKFrP8qHxJSR1BGJPB Dc+DVjQHVwzqJnPXLN4/Fxudi+XZAQELzJgmppOaeYFMQqLzfmAI4jxAvUYtIuJZ HwMKqUcuohswDPL0yF4GPLN0cJizDf4CHXwNFrgfMU0GLHjnQlOxxQc6gl+hT0A7 aWIkB4x5zA4a05C/0/YJ5h3Dnfqsd62g2ku51Pd50XAMq9p+7JTsP825MDPhb5B9 mHXPvmIGD44rJmfLiiIEWyn//bgOh+RjzTsPIs2NS0xQS4UHjOcHI52RpFQpKGoV iveYZBAs9x+DeI38sbtVdYU0FHgc4za034Bq3rlIK+0zcUTZgY0m4ANaZQDrLutL Nj7reGp+RzHF6/FxU6h157M99x2jyxJ1689jgObdMSbFudYzZv1hbQ9qKTTCb4nA uIKNBtF1Ex4jKlvQdxF46JSFwuBHEf8iow3F1X2K9J+dJiyV5mO49GtKUJuPgxtu dUAM6VpoInEnUtl8ywfllVBHf+eZd4jo02+hL0tw2ZhwOhxzwbOKRDimPx2gbEzk AzvK+THZM2sYdqLSz0n0VuEtZJ1mvTATuAblAG7MxU1cEbZDqYs= =udyO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH--